Q. My son decided to go straight into work and has got a job. The problem is that it is in central London and none of his friends are available to share accommodation since they are all either on gap years or, if in London, in university halls. He’s been lucky enough to find a berth with a friend’s parents. He pays rent but, though they’ve given him his own small fridge, he doesn’t cook there — he doesn’t know how to and also he senses they would prefer he didn’t. Consequently he eats at Pizza Express every night using vouchers. He is a sociable boy and is used to holding court at home. How can he sustain a social life in these conditions, Mary?
— K.L.,Dulverton, Somerset
A. Why not buy him membership to the East India Club in St James’s Square? When the Public Schools Club merged with the East India in 1972, a scheme was initiated to confer seven years of membership on boys upon leaving school who can offer a letter of recommendation from their head.
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