31 AUGUST 2002, page 55

A Man And A Month

Michael Henderson BOOKS written by sportsmen about their careers are usually, in the words of Brian Glanville, that brilliant chronicler of football, no more than `disingenuous......

Q. I Refer To Your Advice On Giving Eulogies (your

problems solved, 17 August). Is not `eulogy' suggestive of de mortuis nil nisi bonum, and therefore of formal praise which does not truly honour the dead? That aside, may I add......

Q. When Invited To Dinner By New Friends,

should a vegetarian announce his `special needs' or just keep mute and, like Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise, bring some salad with him in a string bag? D.B., London W8 A. It is......

Q. Mary, I Need Your Help! I Am Going To

university in October and I don't know how to kiss. This is a delicate issue for me and I am unsure to whom I should turn. Any advice? B.M., London A. Why not gain practice by......