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O Ne Distinction Between The Private And The Public...

that the former generally has an incentive to offer customers a variety of levels of service, while the latter doesn’t. That’s why you can get a pizza delivered to your home......

Q. Our 16-year-old Son Is Having 30 Friends To A

party. For obvious security reasons my husband and I will not go out but have agreed not to show our faces downstairs. This raises a problem with food. Our son refuses to have......

Q. On Arrival At A London Hotel I Usually Insist

on carrying my own case to my room because of uncertainty about how much to tip the bell-boy at, for example, Claridge’s. I consider it better to pretend my case is too light to......

Q. How Can I Tactfully Tell A Friend Who Emails

me too often that I simply don’t have the time for an epistolary relationship? I know her enthusiasm is partly on account of her enjoyment of her own writing style, but I cannot......

Q. It Seems That The Two Most Celebrated Of London

SW1 emporia no longer do really big bath towels — six foot long or so. Can you help? This information may be vital to many of your readers. S.C., Northamptonshire A. Giant bath......

Q. At The Risk Of Attracting A Further Accusation Of

pedantry, may I draw your attention to the inadequate use of punctuation in your articles concerning the ‘black taxi rapist’ (8 and 15 March)? The simple insertion of a hyphen......