The world from my window

It's getting hotter in Corfu now, with temperatures soaring. For Mr Grigg's birthday next week, we're looking at ninety six degrees. The seventies tabloid moniker 'Cor-phew' is right on the button. Swallows and swifts dive into the water, the cicadas chirrup and the white tourists from the cruise ships are getting redder. Time to dive into the grounds of Mon Repos , the birthplace of  the Duke of Edinburgh. It's a shady spot, with plenty of cover.   The mansion could do with a bit of tender, loving care, really, and the inside is a bit of a museum mish-mash. The Brits and Americans probably wonder why Prince Philip hardly gets a mention, with the building playing host to various exhibitions, none of which relates to HRH. But the prince was only eighteen months old when the Greek royal family was exiled on 3 December 1922. Hardly time to get to know the place. But with the island's archaeological museum closed until 2015 for renovation, it...