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Grandparenthood Is A Unique Moment In Anyone's Life, As Countless Kind People Have Told Me In Recent Months, So I Am Enormously Proud And Happy To Be A Grandfather For The First Time And We Are Eagerly Looking Forward To Seeing The Baby In The Near Future.

I Miss My Grandmother Every Day. I Miss Her Vitality, Her Interest In The Lives Of Others, Her Courage And Determination, Her Perceptive Wisdom, Her Calm In The Face Of All Difficulties, Her Steadfast Belief In The British People And Above All Her Unstoppable Sense Of Mischievous Humour.

. . . A Jostling Scrum Of Office Buildings So Mediocre That The Only Way You Ever Remember Them Is By The Frustration They Induce - Like A Basketball Team Standing Shoulder To Shoulder Between You And The Mona Lisa.

Only The Other Day I Was Inquiring Of An Entire Bed Of Old-fashioned Roses, Forced To Listen To My Ramblings On The Meaning Of The Universe As I Sat Cross-legged In The Lotus Position In Front Of Them.

It Is Vitally Important That We Can Continue To Say, With Absolute Conviction, That Organic Farming Delivers The Highest Quality, Best-tasting Food, Produced Without Artificial Chemicals Or Genetic Modification, And With Respect For Animal Welfare And The Environment, While Helping To Maintain The Landscape And Rural Communities.