Brought up by her middle-aged father, after her mother's death when she was barely five, Sue revelled in the gamut of experience afforded by the combination of an almost feral rural childhood to living in London's possibly most exclusive address, enjoying fine dining, opera, and art. In her fascinating memoir, Laughing and Splashing: Memories of Bouncing Through a Life of Privilege and Loss 1945 - 2010, Sue follows the path from her great-grandparents'...