That's it really. Further to this posting, when I next walked along Pimlico Road, I kept an eye out for Viscount Linley's furniture shop, and bingo, there it was: "LINLEY".

I took a look through the various huge windows, and frankly, I was not impressed. There was no Brunel desk to be seen, but the desk that was on show looked like £30,000 worth of garish, tacky nonsense to me. Everything either was or looked veneered. I hate veneered. There were bits of gold and silver painted on all over the place, and frankly it looked like something I would not buy at a garage sale. I'd sooner have an old door balanced on a couple of dead loudspeakers, which, quite often, I do.

Viscount Linley has a website.

Welcome to our website. It has been designed to give an idea of the breadth of furniture, accessories and upholstery that you can discover in our London shop at 60 Pimlico Road. It also allows you to purchase gifts and accessories online should you so wish.

Every item you find on our website has been exclusively designed by us and made in Britain using the highest standards of traditional craftsmanship to ensure each product is of a superlative quality.

We hope you find our website both inspiring and useful and we look forward to seeing you at 60 Pimlico Road.

But I couldn't get the damn thing to load beyond that bit. Warning: Failed opening 'ecommerceInclude.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='') in /home/.sites/106/site3/web/cust-bin/home4.php on line 11. I hate it when that happens.

So if my experience is anything to go by, the website aspect of the operation is not using the highest standards of craftsmanship and is not of superlative quality. And don't try putting a desk in that carrier bag.

But don't let me stop you buying one of his desks. Me, I'd go with a new house.