The Irish novelist made 40 wills – better than not making a will at all, says Mary Kenny
I have this theory that the best time to make, or revise, your will, is just before you go off on holiday, like a tidying-up blitz before the onset of a demob mood. Attending to your will is a ghastly ordeal, not only for the obvious reason that it’s a concrete reminder of the Grim Reaper’s approach. It’s also because of the fear of getting it wrong. And the most awful part of getting it wrong is that you can’t come back from the dead and correct it. Even worse, of course, is to die intestate. I had an uncle who was a successful businessman, known for his shrewdness and financial prudence. But, for some unfathomable reason, he neglected to make a will, and huge problems ensued. More than 60 years later, it’s still a topic of family lamentation. Yet, apparently, some 56 per cent of people in Britain haven’t...
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