28 OCTOBER 2006, page 87

Brass Neck

FRANK KEATING F ootball’s European club matches, which continue next week, have so far tiptoed around in such predictable outline that only the obsessed have been bothered —......

Least Greeting Each Friend On Arrival. But With Each New

introduction taking at least three minutes to effect — not counting crossing the room to arrive at the target — it is unrealistic to expect to make more than five introductions......

Q. When My Husband And I Go Out To Dinner

in our neck of the Dorset woods, our friends invariably give us champagne before we sit down. We feel when reciprocating hospitality we should do the same but we are on lower......

Q. I Am 24 And Have Just Thrown My First

drinks party — 120 people came and, although everyone enjoyed themselves, I am conscious that I failed as a host in one important way. I did not introduce people to each other.......