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The year 2016 is the anniversary of a number of significant events in the chess world. In 1946 Alexander Alekhine…
Puzzle no. 404
Black to play. This is a position from Carbone–Slipak, Mar del Plata 2016. How can Black conclude? Answers to me…
Mismatch
In Competition No. 2943 you were invited to submit a review of a well-known work of literature that has been…
2256: 11 x 11
The unclued lights (three of two words), individually or paired, are of a kind, with 1 Down as a plural.…
To 2253: Your starter for ten
FIRST, the ‘starter’ solution at 10 Down, can be linked with the other unclued lights, with it also appearing twice…
My confession: I began dodging tax aged eight
As someone who still entertains hope of becoming a member of Parliament one day, I’d better come clean about my…
Battle for Britain
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Well done Danny, but Jordan will come back
Well here’s a thing: we’ve just had the first English bloke to win the Masters. Sure, an Englishman has won…
Dear Mary
Q. I have a daily problem with knickers. I am size eight so not obese, but I find the sort…
The bitter taste of victory
The Parliament Hill Café is a drab glass box at the bottom of Hampstead Heath, near the farmers’ market and…
Illegitimate
‘The Archbishop of Canterbury has discovered he is the illegitimate son of Sir Winston Churchill’s last private secretary,’ Charles Moore…
Battle for Britain
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666
The year 2016 is the anniversary of a number of significant events in the chess world. In 1946 Alexander Alekhine…
Puzzle no. 404
Black to play. This is a position from Carbone–Slipak, Mar del Plata 2016. How can Black conclude? Answers to me…
Mismatch
In Competition No. 2943 you were invited to submit a review of a well-known work of literature that has been…
Dear Mary
Q. I have a daily problem with knickers. I am size eight so not obese, but I find the sort…
The bitter taste of victory
The Parliament Hill Café is a drab glass box at the bottom of Hampstead Heath, near the farmers’ market and…
High life
New York Harvey Keitel, the actor, rang up to invite me to a Marine shindig where General Petraeus would be…
Long life
The Royal College of Nursing (founded in 1916 with 34 members, but now with 440,000) is busy celebrating its centenary;…
Long life
The Royal College of Nursing (founded in 1916 with 34 members, but now with 440,000) is busy celebrating its centenary;…
Low life
On Monday morning I was in a blind panic. The deadline for posted manuscript entries to the Daily Mail First…
Low life
On Monday morning I was in a blind panic. The deadline for posted manuscript entries to the Daily Mail First…
Illegitimate
‘The Archbishop of Canterbury has discovered he is the illegitimate son of Sir Winston Churchill’s last private secretary,’ Charles Moore…
Real life
I am becoming the Basil Fawlty of Airbnb. Almost everything that tormented Basil has tormented me since I started taking…
Well done Danny, but Jordan will come back
Well here’s a thing: we’ve just had the first English bloke to win the Masters. Sure, an Englishman has won…
