Romance
Flashman lives!
Why it’s time for a Cad of the Year Award
The summer of love
I spent it skipping about in tights, imagining women wanted me
The joy of less sex
I used to think nothing would ever be more important. I was wrong
How was it for you?
Everyone’s a critic, but that doesn’t mean we want to fill in a survey every time we buy a meal
Lust begins at 50
Have I become a dirty old man?
Dear Mary
Q. I have a tattoo the length of my forearm and am worried it will alienate my new boyfriend’s parents…
Dear Mary
Q. We had our son’s fiancée and her family to stay recently. After dinner, expecting conversation, we were shocked to…
Diary
For a minute I just stood there with my back against the wall, staring at the credit card receipt. Then…
Flirting with disaster
Why can’t British men flirt? This was one of my first thoughts when I arrived in England some years ago.…
The Spectator’s Notes
I do not know whether the Greek gypsy couple accused of abducting a girl called Maria are guilty, but I…
No use crying over spilt blood
Simon Sebag Montefiore’s One Night in Winter begins in the hours immediately following the solemn victory parade that marked the…
Dear Mary
Q. Is there a polite way of halting a wannabe novelist from reading his oeuvre aloud to an unwilling audience?…
Dear Mary
Q. To ask for money in lieu of a wedding present (Dear Mary, 3 August) is ghastly, but an established…
Dear Mary
Q. I know this seems petty but last year, on our villa holiday, my brother-in-law always took the best chair…
Dear Mary
Q. Over the years my close friends locally have been giving each other birthday and Christmas presents. Now, as I…
