Bridge
Bridge | 24 September 2022
Wroclaw, in Poland, played host to the Open World Championships in August this year. The Open Teams, the first event…
Bridge | 17 September 2022
It’s tough trying to recall every card that the opponents have played when you’re in the middle of a tricky…
Bridge | 10 September 2022
When was the last time you made a doubled slam – a slam that could and should have been defeated…
Bridge | 3 September 2022
The beautiful city of Wroclaw in Poland is currently teeming with bridge players, all of them there for the 16th…
Bridge | 27 August 2022
Do we need complicated bidding systems to reach the best contracts? The Portland Club (men only) operates a no conventions…
Bridge | 20 August 2022
My husband is a writer (John Preston), whose recent books were better received than he had ever dared hope. When…
Bridge | 13 August 2022
To paraphrase E.L. Wisty, the late, great Peter Cook’s alter ego, ‘Some people are born lazy, some become lazy and…
Bridge | 6 August 2022
In the modern game, being green versus red (non-vul v. vul) is a licence to bid on tram tickets: passing…
Bridge | 30 July 2022
The bridge world is coming back to life with a bang. The World Championships were held (live) in March, the…
Bridge | 23 July 2022
I was very sorry to learn of the death of the legendary American player and author Eddie Kantar – he…
Bridge | 16 July 2022
The return to pre-Covid normality has been slow and a bit dispiriting. Attendance at the popular English tournaments has been…
Bridge | 9 July 2022
In one respect, it would be so much easier to play a game like poker or chess than bridge; if…
Bridge | 2 July 2022
Rubber bridge is a game that happens to suit me very well: you can come and go as you please…
Bridge | 25 June 2022
At a bridge tournament about 15 years ago, I started chatting to a friendly, eccentric woman in her mid-sixties, wearing…
Bridge | 18 June 2022
When lockdown struck, high-standard online bridge tournaments sprang up and with them a multitude of cheats, world champions among them,…
Bridge | 11 June 2022
I recently spent a long weekend in Lillehammer in Norway. Apparently it’s very charming, but frankly I have no idea:…
Bridge | 4 June 2022
In honour of Her Majesty the Queen’s awe-inspiring Platinum Jubilee, I have not one but two hands, illustrating the power…
Bridge | 28 May 2022
For those of us who are prone to anxiety before playing in big tournaments, there are plenty of self-help books…
Bridge | 21 May 2022
It was time to celebrate! The Schapiro Spring Foursomes was back again after the enforced Covid break, and the EBU’s…
Bridge | 14 May 2022
The Spring Fours is one of the great events in the English bridge calendar – a five-day knockout attracting many…
Bridge | 7 May 2022
My teammate Thor Erik Hoftaniska is having a bit of a moment. He won last year’s (online) Gold Cup (on…
Bridge | 30 April 2022
Recently, a friend was browsing through the bridge books on my shelves, when suddenly she burst out laughing. ‘Here’s a…
Bridge | 23 April 2022
It seems ironic that while many bridge players are fighting to ‘Keep Bridge Alive’, raising money to encourage and teach…
Bridge | 16 April 2022
I went cycling in the Pyrenees with my teenagers last week. Every time we stopped for a break, out came…
Bridge | 02 April 2022
I don’t play rubber bridge nearly as much as I used to, but I still enjoy the occasional game at…
