Life

Panic of the playwrights

24 June 2017 9:00 am

Earlier this week the Guardian launched ‘Brexit Shorts’, a series of monologues written by Britain’s ‘leading playwrights’ about the aftermath…

The Battle for Britain

17 June 2017 9:00 am

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Low life

17 June 2017 9:00 am

French supermarket cashiers won’t be hurried. Nor will their customers, many of whom seem caught out by a bill at…

Trooping the Colour

17 June 2017 9:00 am

Language is a weapon to do down others. ‘He calls the knaves, Jacks, this boy!’ said Estella disdainfully of Pip…

Real life

17 June 2017 9:00 am

And so, as it must, the pilgrimage to find a local GP surgery begins. This is a great British tradition,…

Nick’s a visionary – he deserves a second chance

17 June 2017 9:00 am

I first met Nick Timothy in July 2015. He had just been appointed director of New Schools Network, the free…

Universities should offer one-year courses

17 June 2017 9:00 am

In every respect bar one, those bloody Corbyn-supporting students have a much tougher time of it than I did, what…

Bridge

17 June 2017 9:00 am

How is it possible to be assigned four ‘away’ matches on the trot? Strange, but that’s how it was for…

Stavanger

17 June 2017 9:00 am

The powerful tournament in Stavanger, Norway, draws to a close at the end of this week. World champion Magnus Carlsen…

no. 461

17 June 2017 9:00 am

White to play. This is a variation from Karjakin-Giri, Stavanger 2017. Can you spot White’s fine winning coup? Answers to…

Song for Europe

17 June 2017 9:00 am

In Competition No. 3002 you were invited to provide lyrics to the European anthem.   The anthem has as its…

to 2311: Keith II

17 June 2017 9:00 am

The unclued lights, as well as KEITH, are Scottish place names. TARBERT was required at 28A, rather than LARBERT. First prize Una…

Dear Mary

17 June 2017 9:00 am

Q. Having retired, my husband is now an enthusiastic observer of the goldfinches, greenfinches and bullfinches in our garden. Their…

Uncorking the past

17 June 2017 9:00 am

I have been thinking about the Dark Ages. This has nothing to do with Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn. A…

High life

17 June 2017 9:00 am

I was busy explaining to a 23-year-old American girl by the name of Jennifer why the election result was not…

2314: 4÷4=8

15 June 2017 1:00 pm

The unclued four-letter words can be paired in a particular way to form the remaining unclued lights, one of two…

Bridge

10 June 2017 9:00 am

Every time I read Andrew Robson’s bridge column and he mentions that ‘a reader from wherever’ sent him an interesting…

no. 460

10 June 2017 9:00 am

White to play. This is from Wyvill-Williams, London 1851. Can you spot White’s fine winning coup which exploited various tactical…

Health matters

10 June 2017 9:00 am

In Competition No. 3001 you were invited to take inspiration from the recently published Walt Whitman’s Guide to Manly Health…

2313: Goldfish by Fieldfare

10 June 2017 9:00 am

In ten clues the wordplay leads to the answer plus one extra letter. These letters in clue order give a…

2310: Constitutional Amendment

10 June 2017 9:00 am

Procne (37D), Tereus (23D), Scylla (19D) and Arachne (30D) were all given as anagrams, as was Ovid (42D). Daphne (1D)…

Dear Mary

10 June 2017 9:00 am

Q. We have received a ‘save the week’ card from friends who take a villa abroad every year. We usually…

Vaulting ambition

10 June 2017 9:00 am

To the Ned, as diarists say when they can’t provide a rational reason for their voyage: the colossal banking hall…

High life

10 June 2017 9:00 am

New York   Main Street is a place, but it’s mostly an idea. It’s where locally owned shops sell stuff…

The Battle for Britain

10 June 2017 9:00 am

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