On the record

Edward Fox is in Sand in the Sandwiches at the Theatre Royal, Bath, from July 11 to 15 (www.theatreroyal.org.uk; 01225 448844)

Where is your favourite place in Britain? Underneath a thick hedge on a slightly raised chalk hill, with wildflowers within the grasses of the field beneath

What countryis your mad favourite building? A medieval tithe barn—i’m Book? Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh) Music? Mozart’s Piano Concertos Alternative career? Farmer. Actually, I’d rather be a farmer than an actor