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Bridge
No doubt you have heard about the huge cheating storm that has blown up over the last 10 days. Here…
Bête noire
England’s top grandmaster, Michael Adams, exerts a powerful influence over the elite player David Navara. In rating terms Navara and…
No. 377
Black to play. This position is a variation from Maslak-Smerdon, Pardubice 2007. Black has powered through on the kingside. How…
Back to school
In Competition No. 2913 you were invited to submit an extract from the school report of a well-known author, living or…
2227: Word building
The unclued lights (one of two words and another hyphened) can be arranged to form a word pyramid of 3…
To 2224: All here
The unclued lights (paired at 14/38. 23/17 and 34/2) are SPECTATOR journalists or contributors. First prize Dr David Jerwood, Keighley,…
My wife and I have become Mr and Mrs Twit
This is a cautionary tale for any young couples out there thinking of tying the knot. Be wary of what…
Battle for Britain
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A World Championships that puts Sebastian Coe on the right track
Sebastian Coe’s new job as head of world athletics will be a heck of a lot easier thanks to the…
Dear Mary: how can I resist peer pressure to go nude swimming?
Q. I am going on a late holiday with a group of people who are keen on nude swimming, which…
Where comics find their Edinburgh comfort food
Mum’s, or to use its full title, Mum’s Great Comfort Food, is a restaurant in Edinburgh designed to soothe itinerant…
Think ‘migrant’ is an insult? ‘Refugee’ can be too
Al Jazeera, the Qatari broadcaster, is going to use refugee instead of migrant in its English output. ‘The umbrella term…
Battle for Britain
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Bête noire
England’s top grandmaster, Michael Adams, exerts a powerful influence over the elite player David Navara. In rating terms Navara and…
No. 377
Black to play. This position is a variation from Maslak-Smerdon, Pardubice 2007. Black has powered through on the kingside. How…
Back to school
In Competition No. 2913 you were invited to submit an extract from the school report of a well-known author, living or…
Dear Mary
Q. I am going on a late holiday with a group of people who are keen on nude swimming, which…
Comic relief
Mum’s, or to use its full title, Mum’s Great Comfort Food, is a restaurant in Edinburgh designed to soothe itinerant…
High life
On board MS Queen Victoria They remain engraved on my brain, like something out of a Greek tragedy, so…
Long life
While the Germans were raining bombs on London during the second world war, the architects’ department of London County Council…
Long life
While the Germans were raining bombs on London during the second world war, the architects’ department of London County Council…
Low life
Last Saturday afternoon, in Venice, 31 Spectator readers, plus Martin Vander Weyer, the great Taki and I came aboard the…
Low life
Last Saturday afternoon, in Venice, 31 Spectator readers, plus Martin Vander Weyer, the great Taki and I came aboard the…
Migrant
Al Jazeera, the Qatari broadcaster, is going to use refugee instead of migrant in its English output. ‘The umbrella term…
Real life
‘Yes, you can report it, but it’s going to take ten minutes to go through the process,’ said the oppressively…
