Bridge
Bridge | 29 October 2022
I get very tense, not to say cranky, if I’m interrupted while playing bridge. But last week I decided it…
Bridge | 22 October 2022
High-level online bridge tournaments started almost as soon as lockdown began. It was going to take more than a worldwide…
Bridge | 15 October 2022
Did you know that a ‘heartbreaker’ is a real term in bridge? It’s described in The Bridge Player’s Encyclopedia as…
Bridge | 8 October 2022
The bridge world is experiencing an explosion of junior talent and enthusiasm. One of the very best is Sweden’s Sanna…
Bridge | 1 October 2022
A beautiful Greek island; a warm sea; delicious al fresco dinners; and bridge from morning till night with Andrew Robson.…
Bridge | 24 September 2022
Wroclaw, in Poland, played host to the Open World Championships in August this year. The Open Teams, the first event…
Bridge | 17 September 2022
It’s tough trying to recall every card that the opponents have played when you’re in the middle of a tricky…
Bridge | 10 September 2022
When was the last time you made a doubled slam – a slam that could and should have been defeated…
Bridge | 3 September 2022
The beautiful city of Wroclaw in Poland is currently teeming with bridge players, all of them there for the 16th…
Bridge | 27 August 2022
Do we need complicated bidding systems to reach the best contracts? The Portland Club (men only) operates a no conventions…
Bridge | 20 August 2022
My husband is a writer (John Preston), whose recent books were better received than he had ever dared hope. When…
Bridge | 13 August 2022
To paraphrase E.L. Wisty, the late, great Peter Cook’s alter ego, ‘Some people are born lazy, some become lazy and…
Bridge | 6 August 2022
In the modern game, being green versus red (non-vul v. vul) is a licence to bid on tram tickets: passing…
Bridge | 30 July 2022
The bridge world is coming back to life with a bang. The World Championships were held (live) in March, the…
Bridge | 23 July 2022
I was very sorry to learn of the death of the legendary American player and author Eddie Kantar – he…
Bridge | 16 July 2022
The return to pre-Covid normality has been slow and a bit dispiriting. Attendance at the popular English tournaments has been…
Bridge | 9 July 2022
In one respect, it would be so much easier to play a game like poker or chess than bridge; if…
Bridge | 2 July 2022
Rubber bridge is a game that happens to suit me very well: you can come and go as you please…
Bridge | 25 June 2022
At a bridge tournament about 15 years ago, I started chatting to a friendly, eccentric woman in her mid-sixties, wearing…
Bridge | 18 June 2022
When lockdown struck, high-standard online bridge tournaments sprang up and with them a multitude of cheats, world champions among them,…
Bridge | 11 June 2022
I recently spent a long weekend in Lillehammer in Norway. Apparently it’s very charming, but frankly I have no idea:…
Bridge | 4 June 2022
In honour of Her Majesty the Queen’s awe-inspiring Platinum Jubilee, I have not one but two hands, illustrating the power…
Bridge | 28 May 2022
For those of us who are prone to anxiety before playing in big tournaments, there are plenty of self-help books…
