In 1998 Imogen Stubbs told an interviewer… (From Salisbury Journal)

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In 1998 Imogen Stubbs told an interviewer…

1:20pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

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“… one of the things [my sister] Tess and I talk about is how to face growing old. We both have this feeling of needing to change, knowing it’s important yet not being sure how to do it. I want to shake off the image of ‘long-haired blonde girl’ so that I might get offered parts with more depth and maturity.”

Well, she’s certainly been cast in a deep and mature role in The Glass Menagerie at the Playhouse. The trouble is that, now aged 48, Lady Nunn still looks a decade younger. (That's a problem?) It was a real effort to convince yourself she was the mum of a son and daughter in their 20s rather than their big sister. Perhaps her makeup artist should add a couple of worry-lines to make her a bit more world-weary. That said, Tennessee Williams’ play is still as gripping as ever. Don’t miss it.

Not being a gardener myself…

… I had to be dragged out to Middle Woodford on Monday to see the Heale House Snowdrop Walk. I have to admit it was well worthwhile.

My photo gives you an idea of what it looks like. We’ve got two or three bunches of snowdrops that have popped up, but nothing to compare with this. So the Heale House snowdrops join the bluebell wood on the Martin-Cranborne road and the Boldrewood Ornamental Drive in the New Forest on our must-see list of places for visitors.

“Er, we’ve got a bit of a problem…”

… one of the builders replacing some guttering told me. Glancing over his shoulder I could see what it was without his needing to explain.

While the advantage of a driveway is that you can park off the road, the disadvantage is that, if you leave a vehicle in neutral and rely on a weak handbrake, the result can sometimes be embarrassing.

Thankfully the van had rolled in a straight line and somehow climbed a wall. If it had been deflected into the road things could have been a lot more serious. As it was, both the van and the wall survived intact – and at least one builder now knows that when parking on a slope you should always angle the wheels towards the kerb.