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Dear Mary: My husband has shaved his head for a newspaper feature

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…

Dear Mary: Should I follow Cilla Black’s lead on disabled loos?

20 June 2015 9:00 am

Q. I was at the theatre recently and bumped into a well-known Liverpudlian crooner coming out of the disabled lavatory.…

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18 June 2015 1:00 pm

Q. I was at the theatre recently and bumped into a well-known Liverpudlian crooner coming out of the disabled lavatory.…

Dear Mary: Must I be effusive in visitors’ books?

13 June 2015 9:00 am

Q. My parents brought me up to write only my name in a visitors’ book. However, following a recent long…

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11 June 2015 1:00 pm

Q. My parents brought me up to write only my name in a visitors’ book. However, following a recent long…

Dear Mary: What to do when an old friend snubs you

6 June 2015 9:00 am

Q. What should I say the next time I run into a woman with whom I was at art school…

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4 June 2015 1:00 pm

Q. What should I say the next time I run into a woman with whom I was at art school…

Dear Mary: What to do when a dinner guest won’t turn and chat

30 May 2015 9:00 am

Q. I felt uncomfortable during a dinner for 20 in a private house. The young man on my left had…

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28 May 2015 1:00 pm

Q. I felt uncomfortable during a dinner for 20 in a private house. The young man on my left had…

Dear Mary, what do you do when you can't read the replies to a wedding invitation?

23 May 2015 9:00 am

Q. How can I discipline inconsiderate people who do not reply properly to wedding invitations? I am being driven demented…

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21 May 2015 1:00 pm

Q. How can I discipline inconsiderate people who do not reply properly to wedding invitations? I am being driven demented…

Dear Mary: How can I make my shy friend’s generosity plain?

16 May 2015 9:00 am

Q. I have a friend who can be shy and inhibited. Recently, he was invited to stay on a Caribbean…

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14 May 2015 1:00 pm

Q. I have a friend who can be shy and inhibited. Recently, he was invited to stay on a Caribbean…

Dear Mary: How to cope with London Library overcrowding

9 May 2015 9:00 am

Q. As a writer I find working at home too distracting. I am a longstanding member of the London Library…

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7 May 2015 1:00 pm

Q. As a writer I find working at home too distracting. I am a longstanding member of the London Library…

Dear Mary: How to buy dinner for high net worth individuals

2 May 2015 9:00 am

Q. Six months ago I invited some old friends to be my guests at a reunion dinner. We all love…

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30 April 2015 1:00 pm

Q. Six months ago I invited some old friends to be my guests at a reunion dinner. We all love…

Dear Mary: How to give a dinner party and still get an early night

25 April 2015 9:00 am

Q. I socialise in Shropshire every weekend and regularly give dinners which end at 2 a.m., but it’s a different matter…

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23 April 2015 1:00 pm

Q. I socialise in Shropshire every weekend and regularly give dinners which end at 2 a.m., but it’s a different matter…

Dear Mary: How can I stop friends calling without warning?

18 April 2015 9:00 am

Q. I have moved from London to the centre of a historic market town, now becoming famous as a foodie…

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16 April 2015 1:00 pm

Q. I have moved from London to the centre of a historic market town, now becoming famous as a foodie…

Dear Mary: How can I keep my retiring husband out of the house?

11 April 2015 9:00 am

Q. For ten years, I have made a reasonable freelance income working from home. During this time my husband has…

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9 April 2015 1:00 pm

Q. For ten years, I have made a reasonable freelance income working from home. During this time my husband has…

Dear Mary: How I can I avoid being invited to any more country house weekends?

4 April 2015 9:00 am

Q. Someone I was at university with but hadn’t seen much of over the ten years since invited me to…