Life
Kyrgios is surely just what tennis needs
Well thank heaven for Nick Kyrgios. The lavishly inked, blinged and barbered Aussie is quite one of the most thrilling…
True grit and pushy parents
I took my three boys for a cycle ride in Richmond Park on Sunday. Under normal circumstances, this would have…
True grit and pushy parents
I took my three boys for a cycle ride in Richmond Park on Sunday. Under normal circumstances, this would have…
Dettori’s double
Eclipse was one of the most remarkable racehorses ever. Sired by the then undistinguished Marske, whom mares could visit for…
High life
Tempus sure fugit, and how. Twenty years ago, on Saturday 1 July 1995, monarchs from around the world descended on…
Low life
Rachel Johnson, in last week’s Spectator diary, says that her husband says she only writes a book in order to…
Real life
This much I know, I never want to live in an ‘executive home’, and neither do I want to live…
Long life
The Eurostar train descended gently into the Channel Tunnel, went halfway along it, and then stopped. There it remained for…
Bridge
I had no idea until last week that Burt Lancaster was a passionate bridge player. I found out after meeting…
Magnus toppled
Last week, world champion Magnus Carlsen suffered a devastating defeat in the first round of the Stavanger super tournament when…
No. 369
White to play. This is from Anand–Hammer, Stavanger 2015. White is a pawn up with a good position and his…
Court report
In Competition No. 2904 you were invited to take as your first line ‘There’s a breathless hush on the centre…
2218: Fab!
The unclued lights (two of three words and two of two words) can be preceded by the same word and…
To 2215: IVOs
The unclued lights include at least four Os (IV Os), and other clued solutions contain two or three. OROONOKO at…
Giving up alcohol is not as much fun as I’d hoped
Two months ago, I set myself the target of losing 11 pounds in time for the Spectator’s summer party on…
Battle for Britain
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Just giving
Seven years ago I wrote here about a site called Kiva.org. I had met the co-founder of this charity when…
Your problems solved
Q. The problem encountered by R.B. of Fareham (6 June) is similar to one I wish to avoid. I have…
Deep Burgundy
‘There lies the dearest freshness deep down things’ — and also the dearest Frenchness. It is easy to be rude…
Due diligence
No doubt you, too, have had the feeling, upon glancing at an article in a paper picked up in a…
Battle for Britain
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Magnus toppled
Last week, world champion Magnus Carlsen suffered a devastating defeat in the first round of the Stavanger super tournament when…
No. 369
White to play. This is from Anand–Hammer, Stavanger 2015. White is a pawn up with a good position and his…
Court report
In Competition No. 2904 you were invited to take as your first line ‘There’s a breathless hush on the centre…
Your problems solved
Q. The problem encountered by R.B. of Fareham (6 June) is similar to one I wish to avoid. I have…
