15 OCTOBER 1994, Page 28

Raspberries, actually

Sir: Anne Applebaum mentions that during his retirement Lloyd George won prizes for his blackcurrants at agricultural shows (`Take me to your ex-leader', 8 October), I believe, however, it was the cultivation of — much more appropriately — raspberries that became a secondary source of fame for the goat during his long years in the politi- cal wilderness.

Graham Cooke

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