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Real life
For three months after I move to the country, I am told, I am going to be in the most…
How to carry less baggage
One fairly reliable rule of thumb is ‘never buy anything at an airport if you can help it’. Something about…
Bridge
My ten-year-old football-loving son thought I was making some silly joke when I told him last weekend that I was…
no. 433
Black to play. This position is from Nakamura-Carlsen, chess.com Blitz Final 2016. The position looks quiet but after Black’s next…
2285: Characterful
Unclued lights are three groups of three words of a kind, each group relating differently to a theme word. This…
From Bordeaux to Nato
An aeon ago, when I was first invited to the odd City lunch, there was a standard formula: G&T, white,…
The Battle for Britain
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no. 433
Black to play. This position is from Nakamura-Carlsen, chess.com Blitz Final 2016. The position looks quiet but after Black’s next…
Ode worthy
In Competition No. 2972 you were invited to supply an ode on a Grayson Perry urn. Frank McDonald wasn’t keen:…
Dear Mary
Q. Some elderly friends of mine love to entertain in their London club on their visits, but a problem arises…
From Bordeaux to Nato
An aeon ago, when I was first invited to the odd City lunch, there was a standard formula: G&T, white,…
High life
Sixty years ago this week all hell broke loose: Soviet tanks rumbled into Budapest and put down a nationalist uprising…
Long life
For almost 400 years, since it was built on the orders of Pope Urban VIII in the 17th century, the…
Long life
For almost 400 years, since it was built on the orders of Pope Urban VIII in the 17th century, the…
Low life
‘Look at them, they’re all fat,’ he said. I’d slowed the car to allow four children to cross the zebra…
Low life
‘Look at them, they’re all fat,’ he said. I’d slowed the car to allow four children to cross the zebra…
Post-Brexit
Staring at a brown envelope, my husband said: ‘I’ll deal with that post-breakfast,’ and then laughed as though he had…
Real life
For three months after I move to the country, I am told, I am going to be in the most…
Looking after Leo
I’ve just spent a day looking after our one-year-old vizsla and, to be blunt, I have some sympathy with Michael…
Looking after Leo
I’ve just spent a day looking after our one-year-old vizsla and, to be blunt, I have some sympathy with Michael…
How to carry less baggage
One fairly reliable rule of thumb is ‘never buy anything at an airport if you can help it’. Something about…
Bridge
My ten-year-old football-loving son thought I was making some silly joke when I told him last weekend that I was…
to 2281: Fail
Extra letters in clues form the phrase BITE THE DUST. Thematically created entries at 10, 11, 19, 29 and 34…
Dear Mary
Q. We hired a villa in the Camargue through the so-called ‘Sloane web’. You either know the uber-Sloane who runs…
No place like Rome
Roma sells ancient-Roman-style food near Fenchurch Street station at the east end of the City, near Aldgate. It is, therefore,…
