Life
Trigger point
In Competition No. 2985 you were invited to provide a poetic preview of the day Article 50 is triggered. …
Dear Mary
Q. My husband and I like to go to concerts and recitals but he is an artist with a very…
American English
Ralph’s Coffee & Bar is in the Polo Ralph Lauren flagship store on Regent Street. It is rare that fashion…
High life
Gstaad One’s unpopularity on account of calling it a night diminishes in direct proportion to the severity of the next…
Low life
A deep frost in the winter of 1821–22 killed the orange trees in Nice. The Anglican minister to the English…
Low life
A deep frost in the winter of 1821–22 killed the orange trees in Nice. The Anglican minister to the English…
Rocket
‘It is rocket science,’ said my husband waving a pinnately lobed leaf snatched from his restaurant salad. He doesn’t much…
Real life
Fine, so I got it completely wrong. It turns out the sale of my flat was not held up by…
Breathtaking and brilliant
Perfection in sport: unattainable, but sometimes you can come close. Moments, people, actions you never tire of watching: Roger Federer’s…
Can I bear to sack the digital babysitter?
I was astonished to discover in conversation with another dad last week that he and his wife intended to introduce…
Can I bear to sack the digital babysitter?
I was astonished to discover in conversation with another dad last week that he and his wife intended to introduce…
The turf
The drumbeats are quickening ahead of the Cheltenham Festival and at this stage there really is no substitute for going…
The turf
The drumbeats are quickening ahead of the Cheltenham Festival and at this stage there really is no substitute for going…
Bridge
What can be more regrettable than picking up a huge hand and landing in the wrong contract? It happened…
The Battle for Britain
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Bridge
It’s so hard not to whinge when you’ve had bad luck at bridge — it’s just one of those things…
Tradewise
The Tradewise tournament at Gibraltar has gained a colossal reputation and is even challenging the traditional tournament at Wijk aan…
no. 443
Black to play. This position is from Gledura-Topalov, Gibraltar 2017. Bulgarian grandmaster Veselin Topalov is not the force he used…
Hey, Mr Tangerine Man
In Competition No. 2984 you were invited to follow in the footsteps of Green Day and Moby and provide Donald…
2296: Men of note
The unclued lights, which include the German eighth, are of a kind. Ignore all accents. Across 1 Lines fish…
to 2293: Topping
The unclued lights are items of headgear. First prize Tony Watson, Twyford, BerkshireRunners-up Philip Berridge, Spalding, Lincolnshire; R.C. Teuton, Frampton…
Dear Mary
Q. A (very attractive) man I knew at university invited me to a party given by him and his girlfriend.…
Bloody Marys and glorious Jean
To the Western Isles, or at least to its embassy in Belgravia. Boisdale restaurant always claims to be extra-territorial. There…
High life
When I was young my recurring nightmare was that I would die and be reincarnated as a polo pony. I…
Low life
Dr Ivan Mindlin was the in-house casino doctor at the Stardust in Las Vegas in the early 1970s. Mention any…
