Diary – 24 June 2005

No mother-in-law is a heroine to her son-in-law, except mine

issue 25 June 2005

Just as no man is a hero to his valet, no mother-in-law is a heroine to her son-in-law. Except mine, that is. Miloska Nott (bullet dodger, charity fundraiser, daffodil farmer) is a remarkable woman. In 1992 she started the Fund for Refugees in Slovenia of which I am now a trustee.

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