4 OCTOBER 2008, page 71

A Fortnightly Column On Technology And The Web

Rory Sutherland O ne of the most interesting books from the last year has been Revisiting Keynes: Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren (MIT Press, £20) — a reprint of a......

Q. Last Week I Gave Lunch To My Dear Goddaughter

and her equally dear mother in a fashionable restaurant. Both my goddaughter and I were rendered speechless when her mother produced a plastic bottle of water from her handbag......

Q. How Should I React, As A Senior Citizen, When

an employee of my Traveller’s Club, whom I have never met, addresses me, uninvited, by my first name? Am I right to be slightly taken aback? E.B., Bromley, Kent A. I assume you......

Q. Due To A Misunderstanding, The People With Whom I

am supposed to share a flat at university have given my room away and I have nowhere to live this term. I am going to be able to sofa-surf for a couple of weeks but after that I......

Q. I Have Just Lost My Job And Was Really

quite pleased about it since I will be getting a pay-off and I want to do some travelling. However, what is making me depressed is the number of friends who ring up and tell me......