Algy cluff biography of michael

Several people over the last few months have suggested to me that Algy Cluff would be a good subject for an interview in The Guards Magazine.

And so it proved although I could hardly claim that our meeting was an interview.

Algy cluff biography of michael

Rather, it was a delightful lunch and conversation in ‘clubland’ as Algy describes it.

Traditionally, these interviews take the Household Division as the central theme, and while we did talk about the Grenadier Guards and the Army, a very important part of Algy’s life, our conversation was on a much broader canvas.

This is quite simply because Algy Cluff is someone with plenty of ‘hinterland’, and there is nothing conventional or straightforward about his career. He is a risk-taker who takes on new and sometimes rather surprising ventures, and not always for commercial gain.  

One of his many qualities