What does the word quality mean to you? Something that does not diminish with time. Favourite view? The Indian Ocean … I spent happy times as a child on the beach in Kenya, it’s hugely evocative . Accomplishment you are most proud of? My marriage and children. 3 Desert Island items? Raft, hat and paddle. I’d want to get off. What qualities do you admire most in others? Consideration for individuals who offer no perceivable benefit. First rug memory? Haggling for a dhurrie in India and feeling I was in possession of a priceless work of art.