Mary Killen

Mary Killen writes The Spectator's Dear Mary column.

Dear Mary

9 March 2017 3:00 pm

Q. Most of my friends have small children and being mostly media types in west London, have given them silly…

Dear Mary

4 March 2017 9:00 am

My partner has become a recycling fascist. She checks everything I put into the bin. I received two bollockings today alone…

Dear Mary

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

My partner has become a recycling fascist. She checks everything I put into the bin. I received two bollockings today alone…

Dear Mary

25 February 2017 9:00 am

Q. I’ve listened to the radio to deal with insomnia for years (Dear Mary, 18 February) and your suggestion of…

Dear Mary

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

Q. I’ve listened to the radio to deal with insomnia for years (Dear Mary, 18 February) and your suggestion of…

Dear Mary

18 February 2017 9:00 am

Q. My husband and I like to go to concerts and recitals but he is an artist with a very…

Dear Mary

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

Q. My husband and I like to go to concerts and recitals but he is an artist with a very…

Dear Mary

11 February 2017 9:00 am

Q. A (very attractive) man I knew at university invited me to a party given by him and his girlfriend.…

Dear Mary

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

Q. A (very attractive) man I knew at university invited me to a party given by him and his girlfriend.…

Dear Mary

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

Q. A (very attractive) man I knew at university invited me to a party given by him and his girlfriend.…

Dear Mary

4 February 2017 9:00 am

Q. My granddaughter has asked to use our barn for her 21st birthday dance in June. We can only sleep…

Dear Mary

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

Q. My granddaughter has asked to use our barn for her 21st birthday dance in June. We can only sleep…

Dear Mary

28 January 2017 9:00 am

Q. I recently made an arrangement with a flaky friend from university to go to my gym together. Half an…

Dear Mary

26 January 2017 3:00 pm

Q. I recently made an arrangement with a flaky friend from university to go to my gym together. Half an…

Dear Mary

21 January 2017 9:00 am

Q. At a drinks party at Christie’s this evening my face was splattered with flecks of spit from the guest…

Dear Mary

19 January 2017 3:00 pm

Q. At a drinks party at Christie’s this evening my face was splattered with flecks of spit from the guest…

Dear Mary

14 January 2017 9:00 am

Q. My son decided to go straight into work and has got a job. The problem is that it is…

Dear Mary

12 January 2017 3:00 pm

Q. My son decided to go straight into work and has got a job. The problem is that it is…

Dear Mary

7 January 2017 9:00 am

Q. I have bought a second-floor flat which comes with a bow-shaped balcony which overlooks a communal garden. My problem…

Dear Mary

5 January 2017 3:00 pm

Q. I have bought a second-floor flat which comes with a bow-shaped balcony which overlooks a communal garden. My problem…

Dear Mary

29 December 2016 8:49 pm

Q. Our first Christmas card arrived on 2 December and it was a lovely thing — a Burne-Jones angel musician,…

Dear Mary

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

Q. Our first Christmas card arrived on 2 December and it was a lovely thing — a Burne-Jones angel musician,…

Dear Mary

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

Q. Our first Christmas card arrived on 2 December and it was a lovely thing — a Burne-Jones angel musician,…

Celebrity Dear Mary

10 December 2016 9:00 am

From Rt Hon Gisela Stuart MP Q. I keep getting into arguments with people about what being a Labour MP…

Celebrity Dear Mary

8 December 2016 3:00 pm

From Rt Hon Gisela Stuart MP Q. I keep getting into arguments with people about what being a Labour MP…