Mary Killen

Mary Killen writes The Spectator's Dear Mary column.

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17 September 2015 1:00 pm

Q. Some years ago, while appearing as a barrister before a bench of three magistrates in the youth court, I…

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12 September 2015 9:00 am

Q. I regularly travel on the Ashford-St Pancras train and usually put my case on the seat next to me…

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10 September 2015 1:00 pm

Q. I regularly travel on the Ashford-St Pancras train and usually put my case on the seat next to me…

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5 September 2015 9:00 am

Q. I am going on a late holiday with a group of people who are keen on nude swimming, which…

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3 September 2015 1:00 pm

Q. I am going on a late holiday with a group of people who are keen on nude swimming, which…

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29 August 2015 9:00 am

Q. How do you persuade someone drunk to leave a party when it doesn’t make sense for them to stay?…

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27 August 2015 1:00 pm

Q. How do you persuade someone drunk to leave a party when it doesn’t make sense for them to stay?…

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22 August 2015 9:00 am

Q. How can you tactfully tell someone that the large skin tag or blob they have grown in the centre…

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20 August 2015 1:00 pm

Q. How can you tactfully tell someone that the large skin tag or blob they have grown in the centre…

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15 August 2015 9:00 am

Q. Is there a polite way of not letting someone hold your baby? I love giving mine to people to…

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13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Q. Is there a polite way of not letting someone hold your baby? I love giving mine to people to…

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8 August 2015 9:00 am

Q. While renting in Rock last week, I ran into an acquaintance who invited me to join her large house…

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6 August 2015 1:00 pm

Q. While renting in Rock last week, I ran into an acquaintance who invited me to join her large house…

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1 August 2015 9:00 am

Q. I have learned that someone I much admired in youth is about to become single again. I only have…

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30 July 2015 1:00 pm

Q. I have learned that someone I much admired in youth is about to become single again. I only have…

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25 July 2015 9:00 am

Q. Travelling on a train recently I happened to notice two former acquaintances, sitting together and very nearly opposite me,…

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23 July 2015 1:00 pm

Q. Travelling on a train recently I happened to notice two former acquaintances, sitting together and very nearly opposite me,…

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18 July 2015 9:00 am

Q. At a recent literary festival I attended a talk with a high-profile octogenarian writer. I had already bought her…

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16 July 2015 1:00 pm

Q. At a recent literary festival I attended a talk with a high-profile octogenarian writer. I had already bought her…

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11 July 2015 9:00 am

Q. I am anxious about a forthcoming house party to which several people in my friendship group have been invited.…

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9 July 2015 1:00 pm

Q. I am anxious about a forthcoming house party to which several people in my friendship group have been invited.…

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4 July 2015 9:00 am

Q. The problem encountered by R.B. of Fareham (6 June) is similar to one I wish to avoid. I have…

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2 July 2015 1:00 pm

Q. The problem encountered by R.B. of Fareham (6 June) is similar to one I wish to avoid. I have…

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27 June 2015 9:00 am

Q. My partner, a leading political commentator on a national newspaper, recently agreed to shave off his hair at the…

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25 June 2015 1:00 pm

Q. My partner, a leading political commentator on a national newspaper, recently agreed to shave off his hair at the…