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Bridge
It’s got to be the most bizarre news story of the year: last week, no fewer than 50 Thai police…
The King of Greece tells it like it really was
Athens Viewed from Mars, this is a sunny, peaceful city. Up close, however, things ain’t what they used to be.…
Even a Cambridge-educated spook couldn't make me believe in ghosts
Denis was my guide to and from the new out-of-town Lidl superstore at Salernes in Provence. I drove. The road…
My speed awareness course might push me over the limit again
If these speed awareness courses get much more entertaining and informative they might become a dangerous incentive to break the…
Hot tips for next month’s Cheltenham Festival
Racing Life is all about judgment and I got one thing right at Cheltenham last Saturday after the overnight rain.…
Bridge
The Brits have done brilliantly in Icelandair’s annual bridge festival in Reykjavik and this year was no different. The winners…
Irresistible force
Alexander Alekhine was one of the immortals of the chessboard — world champion from 1927, when in an epic war…
No. 394
White to play. This position is from Alekhine-Flohr, Bled 1931. White has a positional advantage but can you spot the…
Woe is me
In Competition No. 2933 you were invited to submit a blurb for a misery memoir. Thanks to Tom Dulake for…
2246: Where’s Maggie?
Unclued lights (including one of two words and three pairs, 37 doing double duty) are characters in a play. A…
To 2243: Obit III
WARREN MITCHELL (42/43), STAR (39) of stage and screen, died on 14th November 2015. He won an Olivier Award as…
Who speaks up for poor white boys when it comes to their education?
David Cameron can be a frustrating figure at times. He wrote an article for the Sunday Times this week in…
Battle for Britain
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John Terry’s ‘farewell’ is a load of hypocritical old tosh
Just when you were thinking that the Premier League had become a much nicer place without José Mourinho in it,…
Dear Mary: Must I have name badges for guests at my wedding?
Q. My husband-to-be and I both work full time. We are getting married from his family HQ and his kind…
Le Caprice is trying to bring back the 1980s (unsuccessfully)
Le Caprice is a monochrome patch of the 1980s behind the Ritz Hotel, in the part of St James’s that…
How ‘Not even a thing’ became a thing
Last summer Kim Kardashian, who already had a daughter called North (surname West), announced that she was expecting a boy.…
Battle for Britain
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Irresistible force
Alexander Alekhine was one of the immortals of the chessboard — world champion from 1927, when in an epic war…
No. 394
White to play. This position is from Alekhine-Flohr, Bled 1931. White has a positional advantage but can you spot the…
Woe is me
In Competition No. 2933 you were invited to submit a blurb for a misery memoir. Thanks to Tom Dulake for…
Your problems solved
Q. My husband-to-be and I both work full time. We are getting married from his family HQ and his kind…
Past Caring
Le Caprice is a monochrome patch of the 1980s behind the Ritz Hotel, in the part of St James’s that…
High life
Athens Viewed from Mars, this is a sunny, peaceful city. Up close, however, things ain’t what they used to be.…
Low life
Denis was my guide to and from the new out-of-town Lidl superstore at Salernes in Provence. I drove. The road…
