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Battle for Britain

21 May 2016 9:00 am

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Warning: rationality could be bad for your health

21 May 2016 9:00 am

Almost every popular commercial product owes its success to two different qualities. First, it does the job it is ostensibly…

Dear Mary: why have all my friends given me scented candles?

21 May 2016 9:00 am

Q. My super successful son kindly gave a birthday dinner party for me in a glamorous London club. I have never…

Nicholas Soames’s Twitter account is a miracle (and so is his diet)

21 May 2016 9:00 am

Miracles are not ceased. A few years ago, a kindly educational therapist took pity on John Prescott and set out…

Are exclamation marks still vulgar? Yes!

21 May 2016 9:00 am

‘Like eating in the street,’ said my husband. Astonishing! He’d said something not only coherent in itself but also connected…

Battle for Britain

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

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Cyrus the Great

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

I think I hold the world record for the greatest number of chess books written (or co-written) and published. At…

No. 409

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

White to play. This position is from Dubov-Yandemirov, Russian Team Championship, Sochi 2016. How can White exploit the unfortunate placing…

Wild thing

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

In Competition No. 2948 you were invited to step into the skin of a species of your choice and provide…

Your problems solved

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

Q. My super successful son kindly gave a birthday dinner party for me in a glamorous London club. I have never…

Nicholas the miraculous

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

Miracles are not ceased. A few years ago, a kindly educational therapist took pity on John Prescott and set out…

High life

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

   New York I have never seen anything like it. If Adolf Hitler were running for president, he would match…

Low life

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

A fresh start in a new gym in a foreign country. The serious young gym attendant didn’t speak a word…

Low life

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

A fresh start in a new gym in a foreign country. The serious young gym attendant didn’t speak a word…

Exclamation marks

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

‘Like eating in the street,’ said my husband. Astonishing! He’d said something not only coherent in itself but also connected…

Real life

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

Some people call their house Dun Roamin’ to sum up their state of mind. After ten weeks ministering to my…

My soppy, dopey, deadly predator

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

Leo, the Hungarian Vizsla my wife brought home unexpectedly last year, is approaching his first birthday and not getting any…

My soppy, dopey, deadly predator

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

Leo, the Hungarian Vizsla my wife brought home unexpectedly last year, is approaching his first birthday and not getting any…

How your brain buys a sofa

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

Almost every popular commercial product owes its success to two different qualities. First, it does the job it is ostensibly…

Wild life

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

   Nairobi The gangsters hadn’t heard of Brexit. ‘What is this “Breaks it”?’ they asked my friend hours after kidnapping…

Bridge

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

Sometimes Janet teases me that this should be called the David Gold Column, as I mention his name so frequently.…

Anna Wintour has dragged the Met Gala into the gutter

14 May 2016 9:00 am

New York It was the best of times — downtown — and the worst of times — uptown. Let’s start…

The members of White’s fall into two categories: shits and bores

14 May 2016 9:00 am

On Sunday we were invited for lunch at Chez Bruno, an unbelievably posh restaurant in the south of France. At…

Why menopausal women need guide dogs

14 May 2016 9:00 am

Hello, Cydney spaniel here. She’s lying in a darkened room so I’m to tell you what happened. To cut a…

How to make a mint at the races this summer

14 May 2016 9:00 am

It has been a little like scraping from the plate as slowly as possible the last traces of Mrs Oakley’s…