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The Prodigal Daughter

Simon Barnes IT has become one of those Wimbledon traditions. Some time during the first week she will be playing a firstor second-round match at a comfortable time for......

Q. Last Week I Attended The Funeral Of A Man

I have known well for over 20 years. As the mourners spilled out of the church, I was approached by someone I know only slightly, who greeted me with the screeching cry, 'What......

Q. On Arrival At A House In London For A

private dinner party the other night, the guests were asked to remove their shoes as they walked through the front door in order to protect our hosts' new pale-blond wallto-wall......

Q. This Christmas My Sister-in-law Gave Me A Set Of

boxer shorts. This was absolutely fine, but she has chosen to give them to me in a colour which is khaki or, not to mince words, dung-coloured. I feel this is a slight assault......