Life
High life
From my bedroom window I can see a little girl with blonde pigtails riding her bicycle round and round for…
Lookist
In Competition No. 2957 you were invited to submit a poem with a title that is a twist on that…
Definitions
What is a bee? ‘A well-known insect,’ says the Oxford English Dictionary, passing the buck rather. Similarly, an ash is…
Real life
Market day in Bergerac and the streets are paved with chicken bones. As a spaniel, I am bound to say…
Karjakin’s complaint
Sergey Karjakin, the challenger for Magnus Carlsen’s world title later this year, has announced in Bilbao, where he is contesting…
2267: Double-edged Swords
The unclued lights are anagrams of words meaning ‘blessing’, hence 43A MIXED BLESSINGS. The words are 11A AGREEMENT, 31A BENISON, 34A…
Dear Mary
Q. Since my husband began to appear in the Rich List he has become much more popular with ‘artists’ in…
Low life
I sat down at the metal table on the shaded terrace to write a column. In front, ripening vines receding…
Long life
One of David Cameron’s last decisions as prime minister was to get the brass doorbell of No. 10 cleaned. I…
Bridge
Summer finally appeared like magic on Saturday, 16 July. Did I fire up the barbie? Did I relax with a…
No. 418
White to play. This position is from Najer-Buhmann, Dortmund 2016. How did White make the most of his g7-pawn? Answers…
2270: Hard
Seven unclued lights (all real words) are names of 22 (hyphened) minus one letter. The missing letters give GROWN-UP. …
The best way to bring back grammar schools
Could grammar schools be about to make a comeback? That Theresa May went to one, and that the number of…
Way off track
What’s going on with athletics? Do you know anything that’s happened in the sport this year? Has a sport ever…
The naked dinner
Bunyadi caters to folk for whom public nudity is somehow thrilling; I am here because A begged to go and…
Battle for Britain
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Karjakin’s complaint
Sergey Karjakin, the challenger for Magnus Carlsen’s world title later this year, has announced in Bilbao, where he is contesting…
No. 418
White to play. This position is from Najer-Buhmann, Dortmund 2016. How did White make the most of his g7-pawn? Answers…
Lookist
In Competition No. 2957 you were invited to submit a poem with a title that is a twist on that…
Dear Mary
Q. Since my husband began to appear in the Rich List he has become much more popular with ‘artists’ in…
The naked dinner
Bunyadi caters to folk for whom public nudity is somehow thrilling; I am here because A begged to go and…
High life
From my bedroom window I can see a little girl with blonde pigtails riding her bicycle round and round for…
Long life
One of David Cameron’s last decisions as prime minister was to get the brass doorbell of No. 10 cleaned. I…
Long life
One of David Cameron’s last decisions as prime minister was to get the brass doorbell of No. 10 cleaned. I…
Low life
I sat down at the metal table on the shaded terrace to write a column. In front, ripening vines receding…
