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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: My new boyfriend is too short. Can I make him wear shoe lifts?

28 April 2018

9:00 AM

28 April 2018

9:00 AM

Q. An acquaintance, whom I admire but don’t know well, sent me a ‘begging’ letter to donate to a charity close to her heart. It’s the kind of charity I like (it does good, is small and slightly obscure) and so I set up a direct debit to send it a modest amount each month.

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