20 AUGUST 2005, page 47

Trent Warfare

FRANK KEATING T he Ashes are burning bright all right. A lot of cricket still to play. Two Tests remaining — the fourth begins at Nottingham on Thursday, and how might things......

Q. My Wife And I Have Had A Number Of

people to stay at our seaside house this summer. We are writers and since most of our friends are what would be called ‘arty types’ we are usually a very relaxed party.......

Q. At The Theatre A Few Nights Ago With A

group of friends, I was seated directly behind one friend’s 19-year-old daughter. She had a plastic water bottle from which she proceeded to drink throughout the first act. I......

Q. The Other Night I Went To Dinner With A

new friend. We stayed up talking until 6 a.m. at which point my friend showed me into a double-bedded guest room where I lay like a log between cool linen sheets for all of two......