20 OCTOBER 2001, page 87

Passion Victims

Simon Barnes 'HEALTH comes first,' said the Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. 'But we usually make passion come first.' He said this in the aftermath of the collapse of Gerard......

Q. One Of My Dearest Friends Has Suffered A Strange

mutation. He has become half-manhalf-mobile-telephone. The wretched thing seems to be attached to his hand. At lunch with him the other day, whenever I enquired after any mutual......

Q. My Husband Has Become A Trustee Of A Prominent

charity (or NGO, as I believe charities must now be known to avoid patronising the beneficiaries of funds raised). Last week he and I were invited to dine and spend the night at......

Q. In Solving A Problem Presented To One Of Your

correspondents by a deaf, retired psychologist (A.F., Your problems solved, 22 September), you have created another for me: what to do when one is pilloried — and crassly......