As any woman will tell you, and at no extra charge, men have no staying power. Nowhere has this been more obvious than at our little charity shop.

One moment a male volunteer is putting his coffee mug in the cupboard in the back room and establishing his biscuit preference. The next thing we know, he’s hopping from foot to foot and explaining that he can’t come in for the next few years as he’s been invited to lunch with an old school friend.

We have had