Which James Bond film made the most money?
Scummy idea Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner called Tories ‘scum’ in a speech to activists at her party’s conference. The…
2523: Monstrous regiment - solution
The unclued Across lights can be preceded by MISS and the unclued Down lights. MRS 2/15D is the pair. First…
Portrait of the week: Petrol panic, Labour’s meltdown and China’s crypto crackdown
Home The crisis of the week was a shortage of fuel at garages. ‘There is no need for people to…
Letters: Don’t let the parish perish
Parish problems Sir: Emma Thompson draws attention to a serious problem in the Church of England (‘Power to the parish’,…
In blockbuster Britain, the BBC is being left behind
There’s a great revival under way in the British TV and film industry, but it’s not the BBC that’s behind…
The BBC is being left behind in blockbuster Britain
There’s a great revival under way inthe British TV and film industry,but it’s not the BBC that’s behind it.Netflix is…
How the Tories have fuelled Britain’s energy crisis
Britain is caught in an energy crisis of the government’s own making. It is true that gas prices have spiked…
Which countries have the highest energy bills?
Seeds of change The Chelsea Flower Show opened in autumn for the first time, delayed thanks to the pandemic. The…
Portrait of the week: Gas prices soar, cabinet reshuffled and a green light for travel
Home To prevent a shortage of meat, which relies on carbon dioxide in its packaging, the government gave millions of…
Letters: The lure of lorry driving
Driving force Sir: As a long-distance UK lorry driver I am very aware of the issues raised by Rodney Pittam…
2522: A trifle - solution
Unclued lights were synonyms of NOTHING. ‘A trifle’ is one definition of nothing given in Chambers. First prize James Knox,…
The case for an asylum amnesty
Many feared mass unemployment as a fallout from Covid-19. Instead, we have ended up with the opposite problem: a labour…
2521: Leading question - solution
The question was ‘What is THE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY(-)NINTH PRIME NUMBER’ (7A/10/22/40/16/31/32/28)? The answer is 2521, the number of…
Letters: the horror of communism
A kick up the assetocracy Sir: While it was heartening to see Fraser Nelson take a stand against the ‘assetocracy’…
Portrait of the week: Boosters, Emma Raducanu and the Taliban’s new rules
Home The government decided to offer booster vaccinations to those over 50. Children aged 12 to 15 would be offered…
Letters: In defence of GPs
Out of practice Sir: GPs are not ‘hiding behind their telephones’ (Leading article, 4 September). In-person appointments are the core…
Portrait of the week: Tax rises, Tube gets busier and Taliban names its government
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, announced a new tax in the Commons branded a ‘health and social care levy’.…
The emergency is over. Now the government must relinquish its emergency powers
For 18 months, the government has held power over us as never before in peacetime. The emergency powers granted by…
2520: 5 4 3 2 1 - solution
The unclued lights are the names of the six principal presenters of COUNTDOWN (hence 5 4 3 2 1 as…
Has it really got harder to see a GP in person?
Floating vote Voters in St Petersburg were presented with three candidates all calling themselves Boris Vishnevsky, with two believed to…
Portrait of the week: Britain leaves Afghanistan, hurricane hits New Orleans and Gove goes clubbing
Home Britain brought its last troops home from Afghanistan, having flown out more than 15,000 people since 14 August; but…
Letters: The agony of the forgotten Australians
A glimmer of hope Sir: After the debacle of the West’s shambolic withdrawal from Afghanistan, it was comforting to read…
It’s time for NHS GPs to stop hiding behind their telephones
Nye Bevan famously said that he was only able to persuade family doctors to support the creation of the NHS…
Pet project: how many dogs and cats are there in Britain?
Escape velocity The evacuation of Afghanistan was likened to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. What were the…
Portrait of the week: the chaotic evacuation from Kabul
Home At the virtual G7 emergency summit that he was chairing, Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, urged President Joe Biden…
