Dear Mary…
Q. I am an artist and will shortly be showing my latest works in a one-man show. I beg your advice on how I can circumvent the social difficulty which blights many private views — namely, what to do about having something to eat after the show? Clearly a two-tier system of those who are invited to go on to a restaurant and those who are not would be invidious, so I would like everyone to feel welcome. The problem is not only the fluid numbers but also the nightmare of trying to get dawdlers out of the gallery and into the restaurant in the first place, let alone to give their orders. I cannot foot the bill personally, so there will be the problem of dividing it up between those who have drunk vast quantities and those on Evian water, etcetera. What do you recommend, Mary?
S.G., Shepherd’s Bush, London
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