8 JANUARY 2005, page 40

Molineux Memories

FRANK KEATING T here is a calming domestic languor about new year sport. Pleasant. Like things used t’be. Olde tyme talk is of minnows and giant-slayers and the ‘magic’ of the......

Q. My Parents Own A House In Cornwall Which They

normally rent out at New Year for a huge sum of money. This year they very kindly allowed me to have it and to invite ten friends from uni. It all went really well and everyone......

Q. May I Pass On A Tip To Country-dwelling Readers

who currently have ‘builders in’? Ask the builders to plumb in a hot water tap along with powerful sprayhead hose to run into a ground-level sink near your back door. You will......

Q. I Was Told Off Over Christmas When, At A

dinner party, some unusual cheeses came round and I took (tiny) helpings of about five different varieties, none of which I had tried before. My neighbour told me that when one......