From the archive: Brothers-in-arms
From ‘The new crusade’, 25 May 1918: It is curious to think how great must soon have been the spiritual…
Letters: Rod Liddle is wrong. I saw children shot dead in Gaza
Desperation in Gaza Sir: I must respond to Rod Liddle’s opinion on Gaza (‘Why this deluded affection for the Palestinians?’,…
to 2357: Half a Drum
Unclued lights were five fictional TOMs and their authors: JONES (14A) and FIELDING (8D), SAWYER (16A) and TWAIN (35A), BROWN (41A)…
The choice for MPs is clear: support a free press or side with despots like Orban
That the House of Lords has survived as an unelected chamber is largely down to the Salisbury Convention, which holds…
Portrait of the week: Around 60 killed as US embassy opens in Jerusalem
Home Wages rose quicker than inflation in the first quarter of 2018, at an annual rate of 2.9 per cent,…
What do Gammons really think of gammon-gate?
Gammon vs gammon Controversy raged over whether calling an angry, white, right-wing man a ‘gammon’ is racist. The insult is…
Letters: My Iranian friends hate the mullahs and want them to be got rid of
Iran’s hated regime Sir: I disagree with the analysis of Christopher de Bellaigue (‘Trump’s folly’, 12 May). The Iranians I know,…
to 2356: Beetle
The unclued lights are compositions by Vaughan Williams; 17, 19/8, 21/23, 27/11, 36/4, 43/28 with the title of the puzzle…
Who’s afraid of cryptocurrency? It could be the answer to our ills
Since its inception, cryptocurrency has been regarded as technically fascinating but fundamentally unreliable. Those who invested £10 in Bitcoin eight…
Portrait of the week: Trump withdraws from the ‘horrible, one-sided’ Iranian nuclear deal
Home Although the world was led to believe that, thanks to the vote of Sajid Javid, the new Home Secretary,…
All peril on the Western Front
From ‘The situation on the Western Front in light of the Paris speech’, 11 May 1918: Instead of the Western…
Letters: Capitalism’s merits are debatable when it comes to public services
Where capitalism fails Sir: James Delingpole is right, of course, to extol the virtues of capitalism (‘We don’t deserve capitalism’,…
to 2355: A Poet Skylarking
13 1A 23 22 is from SHELLEY’S ‘Ode to a Skylark’. Other unclued lights had ‘a poet hidden in the…
The power of Momentum: the right have underestimated the power behind Corbyn
The local elections have thrown up a paradox. In theory, Britain has never had more devolution: we have assemblies in…
Portrait of the week: Brexit, Windrush resignations and the march of the toxic moth
Home The prospect of Brexit in name only hovered on the horizon as the government contemplated an association agreement with…
Barometer: The top four worst microphone gaffes
Is this thing on? Sainsbury’s Chief Executive Mike Coupe was recorded singing ‘We’re in the Money’ as he prepared to…
Letters: Rod Liddle is right, Toby Young is wrong and Bruce Anderson must stop
Campaign for real cricket Sir: Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s splendid article ‘Cricket, unlovely cricket’ (28 April) remonstrated against the threat to Test…
to 2354: Pioneering
Parts indicated in clues in italics must each BREAK NEW GROUND (1A 4A), creating entries at 6, 13, 26, 39…
Kim Jong-un could play Trump like a $10 fiddle. Here’s how
Last year, Donald Trump called Kim Jong-un a ‘little rocket man’ and tweeted a photo boasting that his own nuclear…
Portrait of the week: a new royal baby, more Brexit rows and the Trump-Macron bromance
Home No. 10 insisted: ‘We will not be staying in the customs union or joining a customs union.’ The undertaking…
Worried about owning your own home? You should be
Kill or cure An anti-war protester on a march against the Syrian missile attacks claimed that President Assad couldn’t be…
The staple of our strength
From ‘News of the week’, 27 April 1918: The Navy has come altogether into its own again. The details of…
Letters: When did nationalists lose their sense of humour?
Resetting Brexit Sir: I agree with Fraser Nelson’s article ‘Brexit blunders’ (21 April). I am a Leaver, but immigration did…
to 2353: Too many
The unclued lights are (too many) TV COOKS, individually at 18, 21 and 28, and paired at 25/13, 27/1A, 30D/10…
A home truth for the Tories: fix the housing crisis or lose power for ever
Much rot is spoken about how the young have it so bad. In fact, this generation is healthier, richer and…
