13 DECEMBER 2008, page 71

The Wiki Man

Rory Sutherland I t’s not always a good idea to read certain books when you’re too young. At school it didn’t occur to any of us that Brave New World was meant to be a bad place......

Dear Mary

Q. I am godmother to a dear eight-year-old boy whose parents are separated. Every so often I try to see the little chap by inviting him to lunch in a smart restaurant for a......

A. Simply Allow The Father To Do His Usual Trick

but, as you leave, hand the eight-year-old boy a parcel containing a money box (very much back in fashion) containing cash to the value of what you would have spent on the two......

A. It Is Unfortunate That Your Gallant Intentions Were...

but — no matter how many mutual friends’ names you were able to drop as endorsements — it would, indeed, have been faintly Fred West for you, a stranger, to offer Mrs Cameron a......

A. Spare His Feelings And Yourself Any Power Struggles By

telling the man the white lie that you have bought the property because the garden so closely replicates in size and positioning another garden — make up a name such as......