23 JULY 2005, page 45

Lord’s Prayer

FRANK KEATING I t is astonishing that England have not won an Ashes Test match at Lord’s since 1934 — and that one only because Hedley Verity cornered the Aussies on a wicked,......

Your Problems Solved

Dear Mary Q. With reference to the problem of middleaged women clad in low-slung jeans with thongs akimbo (25 June), perhaps a poem to cure ‘sartorial lapses’ might be more......

Q. Please Help Me. I Am Being Driven Mad By

my neighbours. Their garden (v. small) contains a paddling pool, tricycle, trampoline, slide, bouncy ball and barbeque and the children, aged four and two, spend most of their......