7 SEPTEMBER 2002, page 55

On Song And Off Form

Michael Henderson EARLIER this year, during a conversation in Munich with John Tomlinson, the great bass, who was appearing in that city's famous opera house, we wondered......

Q. For Years I Have Suffered Embarrassment At The Hands

of my father's gluttony — specifically his habit of ordering an entire pint of ice cream when we go out, enough to satisfy an entire family, and devouring it at the gelato shop......

Q. I Am 33 Years Old. My Problem Is That,

although I sleep very well, for the first part of each day my face looks terribly old and haggard as though I have slept badly. I find myself at a loss as to what to say when I......

Q. A Friend Has Self-published A Novel After Having Had

his manuscript rejected by numerous publishers. Needless to say, it is embarrassingly had and almost unreadable. He is pestering me to tell him what I think of it. What can I......

Q. I Have Been Invited To Appear On Question Time.

I am loath to make the journey to somewhere like Sheffield or Middlesbrough and to have to join someone like Ann Widdecombe or Jo Brand for dinner unless I am handsomely......