Today we visited the Rothschild mansion to enjoy its museum.

The family’s ‘piano nobile’ has some spectacular rooms which today are still used for receptions like weddings and conferences.

The kitchens give a clear indication of the magnificent dinner parties the Rothchilds held.

I hesitated at the mock turtle soup, however.

Run by volunteers the museum offers a fine local historical collection.

The museum also hosts an amazing variety of courses from stained glass to Tai Chi, Gong baths and perfume making this is a truly living historical space which, like so much of London, is getting back to as normal a life as is possible after the worst health crisis of our time.

Gunnersbury Park goes back a long way in our memory. We are always glad to return to it and to see it so well looked after and loved.