Life
Spectator Australia Wine Club – January
Goodness. Gracious. Me. I had a lurking suspicion that Spectator Australia readers enjoyed a glass of wine, but judging by…
Battle for Britain
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Pauline conversion
Paul Keres, the Estonian grandmaster and many times world championship contender, was born a hundred years ago this month. His…
No. 392
White to play. This position is from Keres-Spassky, Gothenburg 1955. Can you spot White’s crushing blow? Answers to me at…
Going mental
In Competition No. 2931 you were invited to submit a psychiatric report on a well-known figure in literature. Shakespearean characters…
Dear Mary
Q. We have two granddaughters working hard and happily at university. It is our pleasure to give them some cash…
Brass tacks
The last time I reviewed a restaurant in Selfridges, a PR man rang up to ask what he could do…
High life
The death of David Bowie — how is it that Stephen Glover always gets it right about our over-reaction and…
Long life
Here I go again. I have stopped smoking. Until recently I had been smoking about 40 cigarettes a day, but…
Long life
Here I go again. I have stopped smoking. Until recently I had been smoking about 40 cigarettes a day, but…
Low life
Putting old or contaminated petrol in a car needn’t be catastrophic, but in the Golf’s case it was. With 37,000…
Low life
Putting old or contaminated petrol in a car needn’t be catastrophic, but in the Golf’s case it was. With 37,000…
Box set
There is no chance whatsoever of box set being replaced by the more correct form boxed set. So stop seething…
Real life
When in India, I always appal my highly educated tour guides. They despair of me, as they drag me round…
Three sides to our success
In the middle of Oxford is a socking great cinema: once the Ritz, it’s now an Odeon multiplex. Back in…
The Islamist Nazis and Corbyn’s wilful blindness
Many people watching Jeremy Corbyn’s interview on Marr last Sunday will have been shocked by his remarks about the need…
The Islamist Nazis and Corbyn’s wilful blindness
Many people watching Jeremy Corbyn’s interview on Marr last Sunday will have been shocked by his remarks about the need…
Small wonder
Cheltenham, Ascot and Sandown Park are wonderful but without the little tracks racing would be lost. It was perishing cold…
Small wonder
Cheltenham, Ascot and Sandown Park are wonderful but without the little tracks racing would be lost. It was perishing cold…
Bridge
The New Year got off to a great start with TGR’s annual auction pairs, the best run tournament I have…
High life
Gstaad War and Peace has been in the news lately, so what was it that Leo wrote about all happy…
Low life
I was at home in Devon for the month of December. My sister was also there and her tyrannical, wildly…
Real life
All disputes are now a clash of rights in which both sides compete to see who has the greatest claim…
Long life
Before the start of Aladdin in Milton Keynes this week a promotional video showed Brian Blessed in oriental costume bellowing…
Wild life
On New Year’s Day I took the family out for an evening walk on the ranch. Along the verges, lush…
