21 JUNE 2003, page 95

Sanity And Inanity

MICHAEL HENDERSON A remarkable man passed away last week. I knew Guy Willatt for 20 years, bumping into him three or four times every summer, but it is what he did in the first......

Q. My New Wife, I Have Discovered, Has A Disturbingly

communal disposition. From a large, somewhat boisterous family, boarding-school bred and a once committed Girl Guide, she thinks nothing of barging into the bathroom during my......

Q. At A Luncheon Recently, I Indulged Myself By Taking

a generous chunk of expensive cheese from the cheese board. Before I could eat it, my neighbour, turning towards me to make a point, sprayed my cheese with spittle, rendering it......

Q. What Vegetables Are Currently Fashionable?

K.F-G., Wilcot, Wiltshire A. The flowerbuds of salsify and scorzonera, picked just before opening, are tender and delicious when steamed like asparagus and served with butter.......