Life
The turf
Away from frosty Britain, lecturing my way across the Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro, life has been dominated more by…
The turf
Away from frosty Britain, lecturing my way across the Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro, life has been dominated more by…
Bridge
Not surprisingly, Reykjavik has become a tourist destination again. Delicious restaurants, all those geysers and, if you’re lucky, the Northern…
The Battle for Britain
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Bridge
You can always tell a beginner, or a poor player, at the bridge table — they’re the ones who start…
Capa capitulates
The new book by Thomas Engqvist, Réti: Move by Move (Everyman Chess), about the hypermodern leader Richard Réti, is so significant…
no. 441
White to play. This is from Réti-Spielmann, Opatija 1912. How did Réti conclude his kingside attack? Answers to me at…
Seasick
In Competition No. 2982 you were invited to recast John Masefield’s ‘Sea Fever’ in light of the news that the…
2294: Times Square
Six words (one with American spelling) read clockwise in sequence round the perimeter. Each of seventeen clues comprises a definition…
to 2291: Seriously?
Bill Shankly said: ‘Some people think football is a matter of life and death … ( I can assure them…
Dear Mary
Q. I recently made an arrangement with a flaky friend from university to go to my gym together. Half an…
Cold War collation
I know an immensely grand aristocratic lady, impeccably mannered, with a regal grace and presence, who cannot be trusted near…
High life
Gstaad The snows came tumbling down just as the camel-drivers headed back to the Gulf. In fact, they never saw…
Long life
I keep finding myself singing ‘Nellie the elephant’ who, packing her trunk and saying goodbye to the circus, went off…
Low life
‘If life is a race, I feel that I’m not even at the starting line,’ I said to the doctor…
Carnage
‘This carnage stops here,’ declared the headline in the Daily Telegraph, quoting President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech. My husband tried…
Real life
The problem holding up my house move turns out to be a wiggle. Have you ever had a wiggle? It…
Would I still hate actors’ rants if they all agreed with me?
I feel a bit sorry for Piers Morgan. On Tuesday, Ewan McGregor was due to appear on the sofa with…
Vinyl madness
I was at home enjoying an online episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers when my daughter interrupted me, wanting…
The Battle for Britain
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Capa capitulates
The new book by Thomas Engqvist, Réti: Move by Move (Everyman Chess), about the hypermodern leader Richard Réti, is so significant…
no. 441
White to play. This is from Réti-Spielmann, Opatija 1912. How did Réti conclude his kingside attack? Answers to me at…
Seasick
In Competition No. 2982 you were invited to recast John Masefield’s ‘Sea Fever’ in light of the news that the…
Dear Mary
Q. I recently made an arrangement with a flaky friend from university to go to my gym together. Half an…
Cold War collation
I know an immensely grand aristocratic lady, impeccably mannered, with a regal grace and presence, who cannot be trusted near…
