Kevin Page writes: Shortly I have to partake in what is known professionally as a "performance review" - some remember it more as "the Friday-chat with the boss over a beer".

Kevin Page writes: Many are the salesmen who've come to my door and walked away, shaking their head half an hour later wondering what's just hit them.

Kim Gillespie writes: I don't know why, but every year it seems we're bombarded with columns and stories having a crack at New Zealand's traditional Maori challenge ritual..

So, here I am at a rental-car desk at Heathrow Airport in London and there's a problem with my "icksent", writes Kevin Page.