20 MAY 2006, page 79

Painting Cardiff Carmine

FRANK KEATING F or football’s partisans, a string of cup finals have been fraying nerves, stirring spirits, salting wounds and jerking tear ducts. Now it is rugby’s turn. This......

Your Problems Solved

Dear Mary Q. We have lived in a very nice, civilised square in south London for nearly 20 years. It’s surprisingly private and everyone gets on well. One of our neighbours is an......

Q. I Would Welcome Your Advice On A Problem Which

arose over an invitation to dinner. Wishing to advance our acquaintanceship with a couple we had met at a cocktail party, I rang them up and, in order to avoid (so I thought)......