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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: Should I thrust my backside at other people in the theatre?

Plus: Dulux is the new Farrow & Ball; the best ringtone for church

2 November 2013

9:00 AM

2 November 2013

9:00 AM

Q. I am no interior decorator, but we have a couple of rather subtle paint colours in the house that I picked out of a Dulux colour sheet and they have both been a success. I would be grateful if you could suggest a slight put-down to those visitors who ask which Farrow and Ball paint I have used.

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