Art’s funeralAll of this came flashing back to Dom Clem as the ambassador’s car was escorted through the Washington traffic towards the cathedral.
Dom Clem had accepted the offer of a lift to the funeral from the ambassador. Tim Boyland was an archetypal British gent. Six foot tall with a chest as thin as his waist, he was a career diplomat whose appointment to Washington had done more to boost the morale of the British diplomatic corps than any other event for many years. Too often, appointments were made by politicians as favours to funders or family or political allies. Tim’s was none of these. He got the job because he and his wife were enormously successful wherever they were posted. The US needed the best man for the job and had got him.
He had met and married Jen in 1991, less th
