Every few weeks (or so it seems) the Daily Telegraph reports how some oldie is hanging on to his or her long-cherished family home in Sandbanks, Dorset - one of Britain's most expensive places to live - instead of realising the many millions it is now worth. This week it was the turn of Lalage Bailey, whose property - bought in 1949 for £8,000 - could sell for £8m. "I have had many estate agents offering me more money than sense, but I don't want to move," she said.

I find that very strange when (according to the Torygraph) her rich and famous neighbours include the former cricketer Geoffrey Boycott and Max Bygraves, the entertainer. I would go a very long way indeed to avoid that pair - especially since I thought the second had long since departed for the Great Musical Hall in the Sky.