Life
The future of sport is in the Middle East
When the burly honchos of the Rugby League World Cup gushed about taking the game to new heights, no one…
Low life
After commuting to Marseille for nine days of radiotherapy, I spent the week alone in the cave, in bed, in…
The Battle for Britain: Michael Heath
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Aussie life
My wife gave me a rude but loving shove in bed this morning. ‘Well,’ she asked, ‘are you going to…
Language
Have you ever come across the ‘Oxford comma’? If you haven’t, here’s a short explanation. When you have a list…
Bananas Foster
I’m a sucker for a challenge. I absolutely cannot resist a little competition. Throw down a gauntlet, and I am…
Bridge
I get very tense, not to say cranky, if I’m interrupted while playing bridge. But last week I decided it…
Dear diary
In Competition No. 3272, you were invited to imagine a well-known diarist, real or fictitious, commenting on contemporary events. This…
Southeastern’s on the wrong track
A few years ago I wrote here about the unexpected symbiosis between economy passengers and business travellers on commercial flights.…
The Battle for Britain: Michael Heath
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2579: Destructive plot
One unclued entry (three words) gives the theme, and five others give two-word names directly connected with it. Remaining unclued…
Low life
The day British media commentators were christening Rishi’s coronation as Britain’s ‘Obama moment’, French ones were calling the particularly horrible…
Real life
By the time I got through to someone at British Gas to complain about them holding £491 of my money…
High life
New York Ms Geniece Draper is a Noo Yawker who has been in the news lately. She is a 40-year-old…
Great British
Sir Keir Starmer told his party conference last month that a Labour government would within a year set up a…
Life of the party
A few days ago, when everything looked black, a small group of us were consoling ourselves over a couple of…
Losing their heads
Chess players tend to fidget while they think. They crack their knuckles, stir their coffee, and bounce their legs. I…
Solution to 2576: After Eleven
The unclued lights are names of the men who followed Armstrong and Aldrin (Apollo 11) in walking on the moon…
Dear Mary: Your problems solved
Q. I have a hatred of paper napkins – eating outside, they blow away; inside, people drop them on the…
Puzzle No. 726
White to play. Salov-Horvath, Groningen 1983. In this treacherous rook and pawn endgame, White found the only winning move. What…
