Mary Killen

Mary Killen writes The Spectator's Dear Mary column.

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8 December 2016 3:00 pm

From Rt Hon Gisela Stuart MP Q. I keep getting into arguments with people about what being a Labour MP…

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3 December 2016 9:00 am

Q. I don’t go to my club that often but the other day I found a letter there waiting for…

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1 December 2016 3:00 pm

Q. I don’t go to my club that often but the other day I found a letter there waiting for…

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26 November 2016 9:00 am

Last week I went for an interview with the Irish Guards. My father and his father were both in this…

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24 November 2016 3:00 pm

Last week I went for an interview with the Irish Guards. My father and his father were both in this…

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19 November 2016 9:00 am

Q. Following a lavish house party I received a flood of effusive thank-you letters, the bulk of which praised the…

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17 November 2016 3:00 pm

Q. Following a lavish house party I received a flood of effusive thank-you letters, the bulk of which praised the…

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12 November 2016 9:00 am

Q. A man I know (but not very well) has invited me and another girl to stay in a villa…

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10 November 2016 3:00 pm

Q. A man I know (but not very well) has invited me and another girl to stay in a villa…

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5 November 2016 9:00 am

Q. Some elderly friends of mine love to entertain in their London club on their visits, but a problem arises…

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3 November 2016 3:00 pm

Q. Some elderly friends of mine love to entertain in their London club on their visits, but a problem arises…

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29 October 2016 9:00 am

Q. We hired a villa in the Camargue through the so-called ‘Sloane web’. You either know the uber-Sloane who runs…

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27 October 2016 2:00 pm

Q. We hired a villa in the Camargue through the so-called ‘Sloane web’. You either know the uber-Sloane who runs…

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22 October 2016 9:00 am

Q. Next month, four of us from university are going up on a wildfowling trip north of Inverness. We are…

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20 October 2016 2:00 pm

Q. Next month, four of us from university are going up on a wildfowling trip north of Inverness. We are…

Dear Mary

20 October 2016 2:00 pm

Q. Next month, four of us from university are going up on a wildfowling trip north of Inverness. We are…

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15 October 2016 9:00 am

Q. My father has been on the warpath to eradicate Tineola bisselliella, the common clothes moth. He told me to…

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13 October 2016 2:00 pm

Q. My father has been on the warpath to eradicate Tineola bisselliella, the common clothes moth. He told me to…

Dear Mary: Your problems solved

8 October 2016 9:00 am

Q. A family of five from Brazil who are close friends of mine are visiting London next week. They have…

Dear Mary: Your problems solved

6 October 2016 2:00 pm

Q. A family of five from Brazil who are close friends of mine are visiting London next week. They have…

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1 October 2016 9:00 am

Q. When an invitation to shoot arrives in the autumn, I have a sense of both excitement and dread. The…

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29 September 2016 1:00 pm

Q. When an invitation to shoot arrives in the autumn, I have a sense of both excitement and dread. The…

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24 September 2016 9:00 am

Q. How can I tactfully request that well-meaning old friends stop toasting my (new) husband’s hospitality? It seems ungrateful but,…

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22 September 2016 1:00 pm

Q. How can I tactfully request that well-meaning old friends stop toasting my (new) husband’s hospitality? It seems ungrateful but,…

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17 September 2016 9:00 am

Q. At a recent party I was delighted to find my hosts had put me next to one of their…