21 AUGUST 2004, page 55

Ten Seconds To Glow

FRANK KEATING S kip (hop or jump) anything else in the Olympics, but try not to miss the final of the 100 metres this Sunday. The eruptive coruscation will not take up too much......

Q. I Would Welcome Your Advice. I Called A Friend

on her mobile telephone to ask her for some information and, although she was driving, she answered the call. A vigilant police officer noticed that she was breaking the law and......

Q. We Were Invited By The Son Of An Old

friend to celebrate his 50th birthday at a party at his house. It was a 'landmark' birthday, so we took a bottle of very old and very expensive brandy as our gift. Although we......

Q. To Ks Of Sydney (anxious To Find A Systematic

way of rereading the heaps of Spectator clippings he or she puts aside as too good to bin), your advice (14 August) that your correspondent paste one clipping to the lavatory......