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Battle for Britain
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Bilbao
Magnus Carlsen, the world champion, has added yet another tournament to his extensive list of victories. Although he must have…
No. 419
White to play. This position is from So-Giri, Bilbao Masters 2016. How did White make the most of his active…
Heaven’s gate
In Competition No. 2958 you were invited to submit a conversation between St Peter and a well-known figure who is…
Dear Mary
Q. Every summer, just when England is at its loveliest, we have to pack everything up and make a stressy…
Felines and Figaro
I know little about human medicine: still less about the animal equivalent. So I had always assumed that vets were…
High life
Rosa Monckton is married to my old editor Dominic Lawson and they have two girls. Rosa was a close friend…
Long life
The Cabinet Office has confirmed that Sir Philip Green’s knighthood is under investigation because of his part in the destruction…
Long life
The Cabinet Office has confirmed that Sir Philip Green’s knighthood is under investigation because of his part in the destruction…
Low life
We returned to the house early the next morning, on the way pleading special permission to pass through the police…
Low life
We returned to the house early the next morning, on the way pleading special permission to pass through the police…
Wow!
Veronica has become quite an addict of Twitter, just as the rest of the young are forsaking it. ‘It’s easy…
Real life
The colourful banners at the Eurotunnel terminal at Calais spell out the words Treat Shop Relax Refresh Eat. But it…
Paddy Ashdown’s magical thinking
The dog days of July probably aren’t the best time to launch a new political movement, but then the people…
Paddy Ashdown’s magical thinking
The dog days of July probably aren’t the best time to launch a new political movement, but then the people…
Aspirin should be reassuringly expensive
Last year, those rationalist killjoys at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission prosecuted Reckitt Benckiser over four products: Nurofen Migraine…
Bridge
The rise of Donald Trump in the US presidential race has had at least one very peculiar consequence: millions of…
Battle for Britain
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The Brexit effect
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Theresa May’s arrival at No. 10 is that it has given us back a…
High life
From my bedroom window I can see a little girl with blonde pigtails riding her bicycle round and round for…
Lookist
In Competition No. 2957 you were invited to submit a poem with a title that is a twist on that…
Definitions
What is a bee? ‘A well-known insect,’ says the Oxford English Dictionary, passing the buck rather. Similarly, an ash is…
Real life
Market day in Bergerac and the streets are paved with chicken bones. As a spaniel, I am bound to say…
Karjakin’s complaint
Sergey Karjakin, the challenger for Magnus Carlsen’s world title later this year, has announced in Bilbao, where he is contesting…
2267: Double-edged Swords
The unclued lights are anagrams of words meaning ‘blessing’, hence 43A MIXED BLESSINGS. The words are 11A AGREEMENT, 31A BENISON, 34A…
