19 MAY 2001, page 63

Boy Wonder

Simon Barnes THE world, it seemed, had despaired of Michael Owen. At the age of 20, he was an old man, past his prime, his gilded youth a distant memory. He was hag-ridden by......

Q. I'm Planning To Publish My First Book This October,

and a friend of mine has offered to give me a blurb for the dust-jacket. However, she's not well-known enough for this to be a worthwhile exercise. How can I tell her that I'm......

Q. My Wife Has Recently Completed A Course Of Genetic

modification which has dramatically increased the size of her previously rather nondescript bosoms. The revolutionary treatment, my gift to her for her 56th birthday, involves......

Q. We Live In North America, And Not Long Ago

took our three young adult children out to a small, rather crowded local restaurant for a meal. Adjacent to us was a party of some dozen or so loudly spoken people, who, we......