"Blimey, I could only wish for a house like this back in London. The indoor privy alone might be worth risking death by killer mannequins."

There were nice houses in London in his time, just not anything he could afford to live in. Not with the decade-long housing shortage in the wake of the Blitz.

"But fancy new home and lack of bombed out buildings aside, yes, the shape of this place is familiar enough. Although it feels more like when I visit my parents in the Cotswolds. 'What will the neighbours think?' and all that. Soho's much more forgiving of people's vices and eccentricities."