Life
This looks like the greatest rugby side ever
British Lions fans of anervous disposition should avoid the telly of a Saturday morning. Live before your very eyes, as…
Are grammar schools more meritocratic?
‘It is highly unlikely the Prime Minister has read the book,’ my father harrumphed, commenting on the appropriation of the…
Are grammar schools more meritocratic?
‘It is highly unlikely the Prime Minister has read the book,’ my father harrumphed, commenting on the appropriation of the…
The turf
Say what you like about the St Leger — and I like it a lot — Doncaster’s finale to the…
The turf
Say what you like about the St Leger — and I like it a lot — Doncaster’s finale to the…
Bridge
The 15th World Bridge Games (formerly known as the Olympiad) began on 3 September in Wroclaw, and is providing more…
The Battle for Britain
The post The Battle for Britain appeared first on The Spectator. Got something to add? Join the discussion and comment…
Bridge
There are three reasons why I never make ‘psychic’ bids. First, because I’m a wimp. Second, because I often play…
No idea
In Competition No. 2964 you were invited to suggest a really bad idea for one, or several, of the following:…
Watch out for Chesterton’s fences
There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a…
Back to Baku
The 42nd Chess Olympiad is now underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, and English grandmasters are making their best efforts to recapture…
to 2274: round and round
The unclued lights are stations of the London Underground CIRCLE Line. BAYSWATER is the paired theme-word. Solvers had to highlight…
Dear Mary
Q. We recently stayed for a Saturday night with an old friend and were warned before we arrived that my…
Low life
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir This morning I was woken just before daylight by the clear ‘ting’ of a meditation bell.…
Long life
There is no cherished assumption that now goes unchallenged. The latest one is that country air is good for you.…
No. 425
White to play. This is a position from Short (England)-Pasaribu (Indonesia), Baku-Olympiad 2016. How did White win material? Answers to…
2277: Royalty
Having solved the puzzle, solvers are required to highlight a 2×2 square which contains the four letters of the otherwise…
Is Keith Vaz a psychopath?
What’s wrong with you?’ That was the question an American broadcaster asked Anthony Weiner when his New York City mayoral…
Grouse rules
The autumn bank holiday is like the five-minute bell at the opera. The shades of the prison house loom. All…
Doric
I’d seen The Gruffalo in Latin, so I was delighted when Veronica showed me a version her daughter had been…
High life
I have a question for you, dear readers: is it me, or is there no newspaper or network in America…
Real life
What is happening to estate agents? Or let me put it another way. If the professional classes thought they were…
The Battle for Britain
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Back to Baku
The 42nd Chess Olympiad is now underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, and English grandmasters are making their best efforts to recapture…
No. 425
White to play. This is a position from Short (England)-Pasaribu (Indonesia), Baku-Olympiad 2016. How did White win material? Answers to…
