29 JUNE 2002, page 63

The Last Refuge

Michael Henderson OPINIONS, as Brian Clough, the great football manager, once said, make the world go round — and Cloughy should know. He had a few. When contrasting views......

Q. A Very Close Friend Has Recently Been Appointed...

of a neighbouring diocese. Normally modest and self-effacing, this minor honour appears to have had an adverse effect on him. I understand that he has taken to using a special......

Q. Last Week I Attended An Excellent Drinks Party In

a Holland Park garden. My problem is that the party was too good. At any time I could see at least three people across the crowded garden to whom I desperately wanted to talk,......

Q. I Was Very Fond Of The Queen Mother And

would love to know what is happening to her old clothes. I am taller than she was but I daresay I could have some of them adjusted to fit. Have you any inside information, Mary?......

Q. I Live In Balham And Would Like Your Advice

on how to discourage uninvited people from ringing our doorbell. We have an intercom through w hich they variously purport to be window-cleaners or to be looking for someone who......