30 JULY 2005, page 43

Simply The Best

FRANK KEATING H ooray, at least, for hubris. After all the optimism, fuelled by threatening boasts from some of England’s cricketers, the Lord’s Test match in no time turned......

Q. I Have A Six-bedroom House In Thorpeness To Which

I normally retire during the month of August. My problem is that there is no washing line and no way to dry sheets other than in a tumble-drier which is very noisy and, of......

Q. How Does One Discreetly Establish Status When Outside...

territory and moving in a new milieu? I am going to stay in the south of France with some very new friends who are both famous and mega-rich but who have never been to stay with......

Q. A Friend Of Mine Is Married To A Soldier

who thinks of himself as rather macho. The problem is that he has a very effeminate voice, so when I ring my friend I am never sure if it is him or her as neither of them gives......