12 FEBRUARY 2005, page 43

Squashed!

FRANK KEATING O ne of Ian McEwan’s familiar setpiece exuberances in his acclaimed new novel Saturday — ‘undoubtedly his best’: Anita Brookner, The Spectator , 29 January — has......

Your Problems Solved

Q. I sent a thank-you letter for dinner to a couple whom I know only slightly. In the thank-you letter, I asked them to dinner. I have had no reply and the date has come and......