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Dear Mary

How can I be a member of the Chipping Norton set?

28 September 2013

9:00 AM

28 September 2013

9:00 AM

Q. I am working on becoming a member of the Chipping Norton set. Should I be pronouncing the excellent open-air swimming pool as lee-doh or lie-doh?
— P.W., by email

A. You might as well pronounce it correctly — lee-doh — but which Chipping Norton set are you aiming to join? The set made up of Cameron, Brooks and Clarkson (who fund-raises for the Lido) exists mainly in the mind of journalists.

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