11 OCTOBER 2003, page 79

Come On, You Turks!

MICHAEL HLNDERSON Blackpool T he bars (they can't be called pubs) are full in mid-afternoon, full of slobs (the men). slatterns (their women) and noise (it's certainly not......

Q. In Their Light-headed Enthusiasm, Some Of The...

the late Dr Atkins seem to have lost their social judgment as well as their weight. Last week, whilst dabbing at her crocodile tears on having to discard so many of her......

Q. My Beloved Wife Is Of Aristocratic Origins. This May

possibly account for the fact that at breakfast time she leaves the lids off Marmite, marmalade and honey jars for someone else to attend to, as I suppose they would have done......

Q. How Can One Avoid The 'esq' On An Envelope

when writing to inappropriate people? I have a new friend (in his fifties) who does not hail from the Esquire classes but who is very aware of these things. He is a single man......