ATTICUS: ROLAND WHITE
The Jeremy Thorpe riddle — part 2
Sunday February 11 2018, 12.01am , The Sunday Times
Here's a question you won't often hear: does anybody know the whereabouts of a stuffed elephant's penis that once belonged to Jeremy Thorpe?
The unusual item was handed over by the former Liberal Party leader when he visited the home of Eric Lubbock, later Lord Avebury, the winner of the 1962 Orpington by-election. But it later vanished.
Lyulph, the current Lord Avebury, recalls: "My mother, Lindsay, was lost for words. After he'd gone, she said, 'I'm not putting that up anywhere.' It was put in a cupboard, and seems to have disappeared. I've no desire to get it back, but I'd be intrigued to know what happened to it." There is no accurate description of the item, other than it's no longer attached to an