16 DECEMBER 2006, page 129

Your Problems Solved

Dear Mary Once again Mary has invited some of her favourite achievers to submit personal queries for her attention. From Lord Marland Q. There are two restaurants in London......

From Jessica Gorst-williams Q. I Very Much Enjoy My Job

as financial products consumer champion on a national newspaper. However, friends (whom I have not seen for a while), strangers and acquaintances of acquaintances often ring up......

From Bruce Buck Q. Through No Fault Of My Own,

I have found myself in the enviable position of being chairman of Chelsea Football Club. As you might expect, a number of politicians, rock stars, titans of business and other......

From Liza Campbell Q. As A Divorcee I Have Alternate

holidays with my children. I usually start panicking in early September about the Christmases when I am without them. I find it hard to be the sad guest in friends’ homes, and......

From Edward Fox Q. I Belong To What Is Known

in the tabloid press as a ‘theatrical dynasty’, although visually my family puts one more in mind of a herd of buffalo. At this time of year when the family is together we are......

From Julian Barrow Q. As An Artist I Am Often

annoyed when, at one of my private views, someone comes up to me almost in tears saying that the painting she particularly wanted to buy has already got a red dot on it and that......