Life

Coincidence

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

My grandmaster colleague James Plaskett has two passions, the pursuit of the mythical giant octopus (ongoing) and a fascination with…

No. 380

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

Black to play. This position is from Abramciuc–Nevednichy, Chisinau 2014. How can Black simplify down to a winning endgame? Answers…

Rebranded classics

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

In Competition No. 2916 you were invited to recast a well-known scene from literature to reflect the fact that its…

Dear Mary

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

Q. I am an impoverished artist living in a famously cheap European city, largely for reasons of economy. I love…

Club mischief

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

When it comes to nightclubs, many have written, but none has surpassed the Perroquet in Debra Dowa. Le tout Debra…

High life

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

Gstaad Jeremy Clarke has wiped me out again, for a change. His accounts of the high jinks on board the…

Long life

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

It’s hard to turn on the television nowadays without being shown a robot. It might be looking like a grasshopper…

Long life

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

It’s hard to turn on the television nowadays without being shown a robot. It might be looking like a grasshopper…

Low life

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

I was looking after Oscar, my five-and-a-half-year-old grandson, for the day. We’d played football in the garden, then we’d come…

Low life

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

I was looking after Oscar, my five-and-a-half-year-old grandson, for the day. We’d played football in the garden, then we’d come…

Fuckebythenavele

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

A great discovery has been made by Dr Paul Booth, a fellow of Keele University. It is a 14th-century example…

Real life

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

After pulling out of my flat sale and U-turning on the idea of moving to the Cotswolds, it took me…

Corbyn sets off on the wrong track

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

Amid all the excitement about David Cameron this week, I fear that Jeremy Corbyn’s first major policy announcement may have…

Corbyn sets off on the wrong track

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

Amid all the excitement about David Cameron this week, I fear that Jeremy Corbyn’s first major policy announcement may have…

From A to B, differently

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

Afamily member is thinking of moving and asked for commuting advice. Well, first add 25 per cent to any journey…

Wild life

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

   Laikipia A lion has just mauled and partially eaten a warrior who tried to throw a spear in my…

Bridge

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

This has been the most shocking saga in the entire history of bridge. In the face of overwhelming evidence that…

It's scary what it takes to be (and stay) a jockey

19 September 2015 9:00 am

It’s a tough old business, this racing. Hayley Turner is the best woman rider we’ve ever seen in this country.…

2229: Gnome

19 September 2015 9:00 am

The third letters of extra words in two dozen clues spell out a 35 (in ODQ 7&8), associated with the…

To 2226: Whitehouse

19 September 2015 9:00 am

X was Ingrid Bergman, winner of a TERN (21) of OSCARs (8), who was born on 29th August 1915 and…

Was Maria a virgin, a prude or a woman who liked to torture?

19 September 2015 8:00 am

 Gstaad Last week I dreamt of a girl I met in the summer of 1953, in Greece. I had never…

Modafinil, ladies and gentlemen. Recommended.

19 September 2015 8:00 am

The staples of my daily alcohol consumption on the cruise were champagne, gin, red wine and Polish vodka. One morning…

Have my bones fallen to bits like the Oxford professor said they would?

19 September 2015 8:00 am

‘Are you afraid of falling over?’ asked the bored young radiologist, as he started filling out the forms. I had…

Sexism and racism in outer space

19 September 2015 8:00 am

How do you address extraterrestrials in outer space? The main problem with this is that there may not be any…

Bridge

19 September 2015 8:00 am

The cheating scandal rages on. The latest to be accused is the world’s number one-ranked pair, Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio…