Christopher Howse

The Christmas Quiz answers

14 December 2013 9:00 am

Says who? 1. David Cameron. 2. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Justin Welby. 3. Nick Clegg. 4. Prince…

What's notable about 'a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife'? 

30 November 2013 9:00 am

In the reminiscences of Bertie Wooster we find this: As I sat in the bathtub, soaping a meditative foot and…

Charles Saatchi's photo play

23 November 2013 9:00 am

The game that Charles Saatchi plays in The Naked Eye is to find photographs of subjects that look surprisingly like…

How much can you tell about E.E. Cummings from this photo?

9 November 2013 9:00 am

Do you think you can tell things about writers from the way they look in a painting or photograph? A…