All peril on the Western Front
From ‘The situation on the Western Front in light of the Paris speech’, 11 May 1918: Instead of the Western…
Letters: Capitalism’s merits are debatable when it comes to public services
Where capitalism fails Sir: James Delingpole is right, of course, to extol the virtues of capitalism (‘We don’t deserve capitalism’,…
to 2355: A Poet Skylarking
13 1A 23 22 is from SHELLEY’S ‘Ode to a Skylark’. Other unclued lights had ‘a poet hidden in the…
The power of Momentum: the right have underestimated the power behind Corbyn
The local elections have thrown up a paradox. In theory, Britain has never had more devolution: we have assemblies in…
Portrait of the week: Brexit, Windrush resignations and the march of the toxic moth
Home The prospect of Brexit in name only hovered on the horizon as the government contemplated an association agreement with…
Barometer: The top four worst microphone gaffes
Is this thing on? Sainsbury’s Chief Executive Mike Coupe was recorded singing ‘We’re in the Money’ as he prepared to…
Letters: Rod Liddle is right, Toby Young is wrong and Bruce Anderson must stop
Campaign for real cricket Sir: Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s splendid article ‘Cricket, unlovely cricket’ (28 April) remonstrated against the threat to Test…
to 2354: Pioneering
Parts indicated in clues in italics must each BREAK NEW GROUND (1A 4A), creating entries at 6, 13, 26, 39…
Kim Jong-un could play Trump like a $10 fiddle. Here’s how
Last year, Donald Trump called Kim Jong-un a ‘little rocket man’ and tweeted a photo boasting that his own nuclear…
Portrait of the week: a new royal baby, more Brexit rows and the Trump-Macron bromance
Home No. 10 insisted: ‘We will not be staying in the customs union or joining a customs union.’ The undertaking…
Worried about owning your own home? You should be
Kill or cure An anti-war protester on a march against the Syrian missile attacks claimed that President Assad couldn’t be…
The staple of our strength
From ‘News of the week’, 27 April 1918: The Navy has come altogether into its own again. The details of…
Letters: When did nationalists lose their sense of humour?
Resetting Brexit Sir: I agree with Fraser Nelson’s article ‘Brexit blunders’ (21 April). I am a Leaver, but immigration did…
to 2353: Too many
The unclued lights are (too many) TV COOKS, individually at 18, 21 and 28, and paired at 25/13, 27/1A, 30D/10…
A home truth for the Tories: fix the housing crisis or lose power for ever
Much rot is spoken about how the young have it so bad. In fact, this generation is healthier, richer and…
Portrait of the Week: Allied air strikes on Syria and the Windrush scandal
Home Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, apologised in Parliament for the treatment of immigrants from the Commonwealth from before 1971,…
The Church of England must be robust with its snowflake congregants
Sit the snowflakes down Sir: I was surprised to read Theo Hobson’s article about ‘snowflake’ Christians in the C of…
to 2352: Upright Characters
‘THE WRITING ON THE WALL’ (Daniel 5.5) at 12/22/41 was ‘MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN’ at 23/16/26, according to Brewer, which…
The Commonwealth’s survival is all down to the Queen
Next week, 53 world leaders arrive in London for the Commonwealth summit. It is hard to imagine a better network…
Tension as Britain decides whether to join in air strikes on Syria
Home Parliament was in recess when Theresa May, the Prime Minister, agreed with America and France that the international community…
Our future queen
From The Spectator, 15 April 1943: Princess Elizabeth will be 17 next Wednesday, which means she is ceasing to be…
Britain has 58,000 ‘travellers’ – but only a quarter live in caravans
Disapproving chorus Derbyshire’s Chief Constable told the all-male Derbyshire Constabulary Choir to sever all police ties unless it takes women.…
Letters: Why I’ll never fly ‘puerile’ Virgin again
For the many not the few Sir: As is clear from the last paragraph of your leading article (7 April), the…
to 2351: Triplets
Unclued lights associated with IRIS are: flowers (2, 11, 40), Greek goddesses (10, 16, 30), and parts of the eye…
Why London’s soaring murder rate is everyone’s problem
Any notion that the surge in killings in London was a problem confined to gang members has been dispelled by…
