6 SEPTEMBER 2003, page 71

Gripping Times

tiENDERSON I f you die at the age of 86, and your admirers in a career spanning four decades include the Queen, Margaret Thatcher and Frank Sinatra, it is fair to say you have......

Q. Our 15-year-old Daughter Was Invited As A Guest To

accompany a schoolfriend on holiday with her friend's father and stepmother (whom we have not met) as the elder sister did not wish to go. In a telephone conversation to discuss......

Q. I Do Relish Bringing Together Over Lunch Friends With

similar tastes and interests. To give us time for more leisured convivial exchanges. I'd like to do it over dinner instead. Can this be contrived without roping in spouses and......

Q. How Much Is A First-class Stamp To Europe?

A.M., Fulham, SW6 A. I'm glad you asked. A lot of people think it costs the same as a first-class stamp in England and great mounds of letters go undelivered as a consequence.......