Bridge | 4 September 2021
It’s not often that bridge makes headlines, but last week something extraordinary happened. At the online European Qualifier for the…
Bridge | 21 August 2021
Live bridge is back. It kicked off two weekends ago with Eastbourne’s Swiss Pairs. I went with my friend Ollie…
Bridge | 7 August 2021
To be a killer bridge player, you need to be aggressive. Many of us are hampered by timidity, especially when…
Bridge | 24 July 2021
Bridge is a game you can never fully master, which is why it’s so endlessly stimulating. No sooner have you…
Bridge | 10 July 2021
Top bridge players have a spooky ability to recall thousands of hands, often from many years back. With so many…
Bridge | 26 June 2021
On the whole, I’ve enjoyed playing bridge from the comfort of home during lockdown. One regrettable outcome, however, is that…
Bridge | 12 June 2021
I would never say that bridge is just a game — for many of us, it’s a lifetime’s vocation. However,…
Bridge | 29 May 2021
One of the pleasures of kibitzing online tournaments is that when an intriguing hand comes up, you can flick back…
Bridge | 15 May 2021
I’m not surprised so many scientific studies have shown that bridge staves off dementia: the game provides a constant workout…
Bridge | 1 May 2021
It was great to see an England team win the hotly contested World Bridge Tour ‘Survivor Cup’ recently. Many congratulations…
Bridge | 17 April 2021
I sometimes get far too intense when I’m playing bridge online. Holed up in my study at home, wearing noise-cancelling…
Bridge | 3 April 2021
These days, most tournaments take place either on Bridge Base Online or Realbridge. I far prefer BBO for one reason:…
Bridge | 20 March 2021
If anyone is going to cause me agonies at the bridge table in front of 800 kibitzers by subjecting me…
Bridge | 06 March 2021
This is a great time to be a young bridge player. When I took up the game in my twenties,…
Bridge | 20 February 2021
In general, I don’t like to play bridge just for fun: I prefer the cut-throat atmosphere of a tournament, or…
Bridge | 6 February 2021
The American professor Martin Seligman is one of the most influential psychologists in the world. Known as the father of…
Bridge | 23 January 2021
When lockdown began, all those months ago, I remember chatting to a few of England’s top players about the shift…
Bridge | 9 January 2021
It’s so much easier to play bridge well when luck is on your side. You’ve just doubled your opponents and…
Bridge | 12 December 2020
It’s surprising how quickly we adapt to things: nine months ago, most of us had never played bridge online before,…
Bridge | 28 November 2020
Each November, Paula Leslie organises the Young Chelsea Women’s Teams — a fantastic event, attracting many of Europe’s best players…
Bridge | 14 November 2020
It’s been a busy week of bridge. First came the Lady Milne, the women’s home internationals. As the host nation,…
Bridge | 31 October 2020
I know its only October, but I’ve already found the perfect Christmas present for bridge-lovers: Simon Cochemé’s new book, Bridge…
Bridge | 17 October 2020
‘I have a wonderful hand to show you,’ Gunnar Hallberg exclaimed when I saw him last week. Gunnar is a…
Bridge | 3 October 2020
The Alt Invitational is a prestigious online teams tournament held every fortnight or so, packed with world-class players. It’s not…
Bridge | 19 September 2020
My friend Ollie Burgess has just made the bold move of quitting his job in Manchester, and moving to London…
