14 MAY 2005, page 64

Untimely Obits

FRANK KEATING W ith a clamour of various cup finals due to close out the winter’s activities — and with anniversaryitis so fashionable — I am surprised to have read nothing on......

Your Problems Solved

Dear Mary Q. A man I cannot avoid at drinks parties is now sixtysomething and, after years of having been highly sought after by women, now lives without a woman and so has lost......

Q. I Am Deeply Distressed That My Artist Friend, Richard

Foster (whom I have known for nearly 50 years) and whose ancestor commanded the Charge of the Light Brigade, has seen fit to exclude me from a private view of his paintings at......

Q. I Share With The Cousin Of Your Correspondent (i.t.,

16 April) a liking for Kilner jars. In this part of the world, southern Spain, they provide a refuge from insects. If, once opened, rice, biscuits etc. were not safely stored in......