SEE the BACKSIDE OF the PHOTO - many times the image for sale will present stamps, dates, and other publication details - these marks attest to and increase the value of the press photos. She didn’t know anything about gardening at all, which was rather a pity, and she kept wanting to bring Michael back to politics. Now Anne, too, has a distinctly sceptical look; despite the tea and biscuits recently provided by a servant summoned by telephone, the atmosphere has chilled. Having begun his career as a property developer, he became one of the founders of the publishing house Haymarket.

Her expression hints at the weighty responsibilities she may soon shoulder alongside her husband in this new chapter for British politics.Arnold Slater's expertly captured image not only freezes a significant moment in time but also serves as a testament to his skill as a photographer with an eye for capturing emotion and significance within political spheres.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. I should, I hear myself saying, have asked the question a friend once advised me would get an interesting response out of anyone: have you ever thrown a punch? Who knows how long he’ll be: being out in the garden at Thenford is not like being out in most gardens.

Accepting that the killer line about Boris that I had secretly hoped for is not about to materialise – I mean, earlier this year Michael described his Henley constituency successor as “a general who marches his army to the sound of the guns and the moment he sees the battleground he abandons it”, for God’s sake – I find myself babbling out of awkwardness. As we zip down scattered paths and avenues among the trees and shrubs in the adjoining gardens, Michael points out features of interest. Today, the garden at Thenford has an arboretum which contains more than 3,500 different species of trees and shrubs, including rare plants which were wild-collected by well known plantsmen including Roy Lancaster OBE, Allen Coombes, Keith Rushforth and Chris Chadwell.