15 JANUARY 2000, page 55

Spectator Sport

In thong and on song Simon Barnes FIRST of all it was the thrilling news that David Beckham wears his wife's knickers, the particularly skimpy kind known as thongs. Then it was......

Your Problems Solved

Dear Mary. . . Q. In submitting a first novel to a well- known literary agency I acknowledged the useful advice on presentation given in a book recently published by one of its......