Life
The case for building more roads
Suella Braverman was completely wrong to ask her civil servants to investigate the possibility of arranging a one-on-one speed awareness…
The science of horse racing
Everybody in racing is looking for an edge. With 7-4 the field, the punter is looking for a 2-1. The…
The BB wants to put my dream farm on a skip
‘Have you got your passport? Your phone? Your wallet?’ The builder boyfriend patted his pockets and told me not to…
Aussie life
South of Sydney there is a road which winds its way from the glistening emerald waters of the Pacific Ocean,…
Confit: the best (and most delicious) way of cooking duck
Of all the myriad ways of preserving, confit always strikes me as wonderfully improbable. The ability to preserve meat just…
2603 – solution
2603 has the prime factors 19 x 137 which further decompose into (102 – 92) x (42 + 112). Therefore…
Spectator competition winners: a liquid lunch with Dante
In Competition No. 3300, you were invited to describe in verse a meal of your choice with a well-known poet,…
Wuthering Heights in Devon: the Pilchard Inn, Burgh Island, reviewed
The Pilchard Inn sits at the entrance to Burgh Island, a minute tidal island off the coast of south Devon.…
Is Uefa just useless – or is it worse than that?
It’s not clear how many readers of this journal will be affected, but anyone planning a stag weekend in Prague…
Men like me are sitting targets
I have a confession to make: I’m a sitzpinkler. That’s the German word for men who sit down when they…
I have found heaven in West Cork
A bay mare was standing over a foal curled up sleeping at her feet. Yawning and struggling to keep her…
Goodbye, my dear Low Life colleague
He bore his death sentence more gracefully than most heroes I’ve read about. As the end approached, his columns showed…
Aussie life
As the head of a dynasty which owes its wealth and influence to military aggression, white supremacy and colonial exploitation,…
Language
Have you come across the word ‘transabled’? This is a new one on me, and I find it a frightening…
