Hail To The Coach!
FRANK KEATING T he Ashes cricket series was unimaginably compelling from first day to last. At Lord’s on 21 July England began their challenge by bowling out the world champion......
Your Problems Solved
Dear Mary Q. I sympathise with B.M.F. (20 August). At a recent Proms concert, a superb performance of ‘Gerontius’ was ruined by a middle-aged woman continually fanning herself......
Q. Some Months Ago We Invited Friends To A Concert.
We did not expect them to pay for the tickets and they (perfectly properly) did not offer to do so. They plainly enjoyed the evening and promised a ‘return match’. Recently they......
Q. Your Correspondent Is Embarrassed By His Pyjama...
at breakfast in mixed company. Have you ever heard of the old fashioned nightshirt as worn by Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens’s Christmas Carol ? It can be bought in brushed cotton......
Q. My Lady-wife And I Have Planned To Spend Our
autumn years among the literary groups beside Aldeburgh’s pebbly beach but worry that your advice for the male literati to wear ladies’ pyjamas for breakfast there may tempt......
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