The man who gambled his mansion away Christopher Monckton thought he was on to a winner when he invented a new puzzle and offered £1 million to the first person to solve it. Alas, his brainchild looks set to be a ruinous loser. Christopher Middleton reports. All we want is a home of our own The house-price boom is great - if you already own a home. But if you don't, it's that much harder to get a foot on the ladder. Ross Clark reports.