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Q. I recently rediscovered a wonderful 22-year-old godson. He came to shoot for the first time and was a marvellous…
Your problems solved
Q. I recently rediscovered a wonderful 22-year-old godson. He came to shoot for the first time and was a marvellous…
Your problems solved
Q. My husband-to-be and I both work full time. We are getting married from his family HQ and his kind…
Your problems solved
Q. My husband-to-be and I both work full time. We are getting married from his family HQ and his kind…
Your problems solved
Q. For the past two New Year’s Eves we have ducked an annual party given by some acquaintances, who are…
Your problems solved
Q. For the past two New Year’s Eves we have ducked an annual party given by some acquaintances, who are…
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Q. We have two granddaughters working hard and happily at university. It is our pleasure to give them some cash…
Dear Mary
Q. We have two granddaughters working hard and happily at university. It is our pleasure to give them some cash…
Your problems solved
Q. What can be done when more people than you can cater for accept an invitation? We are giving a…
Your problems solved
Q. What can be done when more people than you can cater for accept an invitation? We are giving a…
Your problems solved
Q. Although I have met most of the fellow occupants of my building at residents’ meetings, we don’t socialise. However…
Your problems solved
Q. Although I have met most of the fellow occupants of my building at residents’ meetings, we don’t socialise. However…
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I have been alone in the country this festive season as my adult children and most of my friends are…
Dear Mary
I have been alone in the country this festive season as my adult children and most of my friends are…
Dear Mary solves problems for Nicky Haslam, Nigel Slater, Professor Mary Beard and others
From Nicky HaslamQ. Being considered something of a guru on the subject of things common, can you advise me how…
Dear Mary: How to stop someone from giving my tiny children expensive clothes that they never wear?
Q. Is there a tactful way to deter certain people from buying clothing for one’s tiny children as Christmas presents?…
Dear Mary: How to stop someone from giving my tiny children expensive clothes that they never wear?
Q. Is there a tactful way to deter certain people from buying clothing for one’s tiny children as Christmas presents?…
Dear Mary: How can I protect my sick husband from his friends?
Q. My husband is, in a word, adorable. However, following a substantial brain operation, his doctor has told him that…
Dear Mary: How can I protect my sick husband from his friends?
Q. My husband is, in a word, adorable. However, following a substantial brain operation, his doctor has told him that…
Dear Mary
Q. I work in the London art market. Often, when I run into a fellow dealer and ask how they…
Dear Mary
Q. I work in the London art market. Often, when I run into a fellow dealer and ask how they…
Dear Mary on cheering up an ageing Adonis….
Q. The other night, as I arrived at the John James exhibition on Fulham Road, I stopped to say hello…
Dear Mary on cheering up an ageing Adonis….
Q. The other night, as I arrived at the John James exhibition on Fulham Road, I stopped to say hello…










