Tim Dowling: was that a ghost – or a small man who knows his tailoring?

He certainly knows his suits … In fact he appears to have worked in men’s clothing since the early sixties

When the oldest one was younger, and his birthday came round, I would invariably pretend not to know how old he was, as if the flight of time had overtaken me.

“So what are you, 30 now?” I would say.

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