Life
‘I’m a racist. My sister’s a racist. We’re all racists here’
My sister has a new man in her life: Henry, 60. He lives in a gay hotel. Or rather, it…
They shoot horses, don’t they?
By the time you read this I will have delivered my long-awaited speech to the World Horse Welfare annual conference…
Distorting the truth — US presidential campaign-style
It is hardly uncommon for politicians to lie, especially when their careers are threatened by a sexual transgression — John…
This year’s Twelve to Follow netted a £328 profit
Three personalities dominated the Flat season: Gosden, Dettori and Golden Horn. Victories for the trio in the Derby, the Irish…
Bridge
The EBU’s Premier League takes place over three weekends and decides who will represent England in next year’s Camrose (home…
Sporting chance
I was not quite sure whether to be annoyed or relieved about the recent High Court decision not to recognise…
No. 387
White to play. This position is a variation from A.Muzychuk-Dzagnidze, Monaco 2015. How can White finish off with a classic…
Martian poetry
In Competition No. 2923 you were invited to describe an everyday object, in verse, from the point of view of…
2237: Experimental
One unclued light is a publication (two words). The others are relevant figures (all in Chambers) who appear in a…
To 2234: A greater measure
MARCOBRUNNER (11) is composed of words whose definitions are 1D, 24, 32; 13, 17, 35; and 9, 29A, 38. First…
Meet Leo, the youngest member of our household
I’m pleased to announce an addition to the Young household — a ten-week-old Vizsla. For those unfamiliar with this particular breed…
Battle for Britain
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Seb Coe is a fine man... who deserves to feel uncomfortable
So Smiley was right all along: the bloody Russians were the baddest of the bad. The Pound report on the…
Dear Mary on cheering up an ageing Adonis....
Q. The other night, as I arrived at the John James exhibition on Fulham Road, I stopped to say hello…
Redecorate the restaurant, but you can’t redecorate the clientele
Forty-five Jermyn St lives in the left-hand buttock of Fortnum & Mason (F&M), a shop whose acronym is slightly too…
Is ‘female’ still an insult?
‘More deadly than the male,’ said my husband archly. He was knowingly quoting Kipling, though I don’t know why he…
Battle for Britain
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Sporting chance
I was not quite sure whether to be annoyed or relieved about the recent High Court decision not to recognise…
No. 387
White to play. This position is a variation from A.Muzychuk-Dzagnidze, Monaco 2015. How can White finish off with a classic…
Martian poetry
In Competition No. 2923 you were invited to describe an everyday object, in verse, from the point of view of…
Dear Mary on cheering up an ageing Adonis….
Q. The other night, as I arrived at the John James exhibition on Fulham Road, I stopped to say hello…
Redecorate the restaurant, but you can’t redecorate the clientele
Forty-five Jermyn St lives in the left-hand buttock of Fortnum & Mason (F&M), a shop whose acronym is slightly too…
High life
Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it, tweeted Jon Ronson, a man I’d never heard of until…
Long life
It is hardly uncommon for politicians to lie, especially when their careers are threatened by a sexual transgression — John…
Long life
It is hardly uncommon for politicians to lie, especially when their careers are threatened by a sexual transgression — John…
