Solution to 2597: A Couple
The couple were VICTORIA (23, 36, 37, 45) and ALBERT (2, 9, 17, 20, 46). 7 was the link. First…
Letters
Too broad a Church Sir: I am not implacably hostile to Justin Welby; I share Christian empathy with the Archbishop’s…
Lessons from Lawson
Nigel Lawson was the most consequential chancellor in modern British history. He gave the world a case study in how…
Letters
Major mistake Sir: Douglas Murray (‘Our poor deluded MPs’, 1 April) contends that John Major is widely regarded as ‘one…
Mistaken identity
The World Athletics Council has taken the decisive step of announcing that transgender women who underwent male puberty before their…
Letters
Care of children Sir: At last people, namely Harriet Sergeant (‘The ghost children’, 25 March) and Rod Liddle (‘Childcare: an…
Party games
Boris Johnson should not be forgiven for his handling of lockdown. He needlessly criminalised everyday behaviour when voluntary guidelines would…
Barometer
Beyond a joke Is it time to rewrite an old joke? A letter published in Time in 1963 suggested that…
Letters
Uncertain times Sir: Kate Andrews’s article on the era of economic certainty (‘Crash test’, 18 March) is not the first…
The missing million
There was plenty of miserable economic news in this week’s Budget: the highest taxes imposed by any peacetime government, the…
Solution to 2593: Capital Development
1A, 7A, 18A, 40A, 46A and 47A are all on the new Elizabeth Line, which appears in the grid when…
Letters
Channel anger Sir: I fear that in your leading article (‘Our duty to refugees’, 11 March) you find yourself in the…
Our duty to refugees
It is hard to deny that the government must take tough action on the issue of migrants arriving in Britain…
