Weddings
What could possibly explain my poor Uber rating?
This is not happening, I thought, as I jabbed at my phone to magic up a hybrid to convey me…
If we allow dogs at weddings, why not a python?
Three women in my Tuesday weights class are getting married. While we squat and thrust and fling our kettlebells around,…
I left my heart in Lake Como
Lake Como It doesn’t take long for me to fall in love. A young Adonis with a six-pack bounced on…
How Rio helps us Johnsons find love
My youngest son, Oliver, has asked me to make a speech at his wedding. I am very flattered even to…
Weddings should be short and sweet
As every single one of my friends – and their spouses – is a tasteful soul, it goes without saying…
Are you too cool for marriage?
The term ‘spinster’ doesn’t seem to scare young women like it once might have. In fact, it is rarely heard…
Dear Mary: Help! My neighbour knows I lied about her daughter’s wedding photos
Q. I have been booked to give my first talk on my field of professional interest. I happen to have…
Admit it: most wedding speeches are awful
Perhaps the most traumatic part of attending an American wedding – much worse than the bridesmaids coming in the wrong…
The brutality of being a bridesmaid
There stands the bride. Perfect hair, perfect nails, perfect fake tan. She may not have slept the previous night or…
Dear Mary: Should weddings be ‘no ring no bring’?
Q. An old friend who is extremely generous and loyal has the most infuriating habit. Despite being efficient in other…
What’s the point in spending a fortune on a wedding?
I follow the YouTube postings of a maverick young economist called Gary Stevenson, author of The Trading Game. Whatever you…
Speak easy
The secretive art of speechwriting
Letters
Trust us Sir: I refute Charles Moore’s assertions (‘Broken Trust’, 5 June) that the National Trust frowns on local expertise,…
Diary
My diary has been filled with dental appointments, reflecting a truism that American dentists pray for British teeth. The tally…
Alarm bells
The pitfalls of choosing a wedding reading
Dear Mary
Q. We have been invited to a virtual wedding. Is it correct form to send a present?— P.F., Barrow Street,…
Bride’s Notebook
I had a lockdown wedding. A 30-person, socially-distanced, sanitised church service was organised in under two weeks. Restrictions meant no…
Dear Mary
Q. A year ago we sent out 150 save-the-date notices for our wedding this December. We are still going ahead,…
Letters
Scottish hearts and heads Sir: Alex Massie ignores the evidence when he espouses the assumption that economic concerns no longer…
There’s nothing ‘wild’ about elopement
I didn’t realise how attached I was to the traditional British wedding — the whole messy, pricey, drunken business —…
Dear Mary
Q. Our daughter is going ahead with her wedding despite the restriction on guest numbers. Although it is a relief…
Dear Mary
Q. During lockdown I have done my level best to assist with household chores. Last week, while my wife was…
Without ceremony
The competitive world of Covid brides
Dear Mary
Q. I am arranging the seating plan for my daughter’s wedding and have a problem with one of her guests…
