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Hello, my Spanish au pair is looking for some new friends in dulwich. She would be very happy to meet up with yours! Shall we put them in touch? She is from Huelva, in Andalucia and is 27. Sarah

In answer to the question about sitting tenants - yes. Tenants who occupy their premises for the purpose of a business are protected by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, unless the relevant provisions of that act have been excluded by agreement, which sounds unlikely in the circumstances. Having a tenancy which can attract the protection of this act doesn't depend on having anything written down. Where the Act applies a landlord cannot evict a tenant on less than 6 months notice. A 1954 Act protected tenant is entitled in any event to apply for a new tenancy and ask his landlord to prove the intention to redevelop. While this can be expensive, there are steps that need to be taken to protect a tenant's position so Chris really should seek legal advice as soon as possible.

Has legal advice been sought? I have on pretty good authority that a section 25 notice (if this is a 54 act business tenancy)needs to be 6-12 months long and this sounds like it wasn't. So a solicitor should be found to check ASAP or the landlord will be getting the property wrongly.

I too was at the meeting last night at Heber. I thought it was managed extremely well, with the right mix of justified complaint (especially having reviewed the Ofsted guidelines for inspection this morning) and explanation of what the school is continuing to try to do to improve. The most impressive aspect of the meeting for me was the number of teachers present: almost as many teachers as parents - a sign of how very committed this group of teachers are and how concerned they are that this report may mean parents lose faith with them. That was not the message of the meeting, which reiterated my experience of Heber, of a high quality and professional but warm and caring school. A view echoed by the ParentView opinions gathered during the inspection but not even mentioned by the inspectors (against protocol). I happen to agree with independent inspection of schools, but inspectors have such power to affect the lives of pupils and teachers that their conduct ought to be unimpeachable in doing what they do. It sounds like this team did not live up to those standards, meaning there is no reason to listen to their judgement.

George and Dragon in Speldhurst, Kent is lovely and near Groombridge for a post-lunch walk/trip