22 NOVEMBER 2008, page 87

Spectator Sport

T his wisdom of crowds stuff has always seemed a bit double-edged: for every silent and courageous candlelit throng gathering outside the cathedral in Leipzig in the 1980s......

Your Problems Solved

Dear Mary Q. At a packed piano recital the other night, we were the only ones who didn’t have white hair, so had every reason to expect good manners to prevail. Nevertheless,......

Q. It Is My Wife’s Birthday In A Few Days,

and due to the credit crunch, I have not a farthing to my name. Moreover, it’s a particularly important birthday, her first since we have been married. To make things even......

Q. While Chatting On The Telephone To A Friend I

mentioned a man I met recently and would like to know better. I was describing how fascinating, highly intelligent, talented and extraordinarily well-connected and powerful this......