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Taleban

15 August 2015 9:00 am

Toxic virus or Taleban: it’s funny how the mild-mannered Liz Kendall has attracted for her Blairite associations the most violently…

Battle for Britain

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

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Buried treasure

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Jonathan Hawkins has emerged as the winner of this year’s British Championship, which finished last week at the University of…

No. 374

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Black to play. This is a variation from Osborne-Hawkins, British Championship, Coventry 2015. Black is a piece down. What is…

Pet hate

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

In Competition No. 2910 you were invited to submit a poem by a pet who is cheesed off with its…

Your problems solved

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Q. Is there a polite way of not letting someone hold your baby? I love giving mine to people to…

In search of the platonic gazpacho

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

We were eating tapas and talking about Spain. Leaving caviar on one side, when jamón ibérico is at its best,…

High life

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

The wind is maddening and constant, and gets stronger as the sun falls below the horizon. The streets are lined…

Long life

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

I’m going off Jeremy Corbyn. He seems more and more pleased with himself by the minute. But I understand why…

Long life

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

I’m going off Jeremy Corbyn. He seems more and more pleased with himself by the minute. But I understand why…

Low life

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Toby goes to bed at 10 o’clock sharp every night otherwise he gets irritable. Toby sleeps on the bed always.…

Low life

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Toby goes to bed at 10 o’clock sharp every night otherwise he gets irritable. Toby sleeps on the bed always.…

Taleban

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Toxic virus or Taleban: it’s funny how the mild-mannered Liz Kendall has attracted for her Blairite associations the most violently…

Real life

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Surely it can be no coincidence that the road by which one enters St George’s Hospital, Tooting, is called Effort…

Nuclear reaction

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

The 70th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has produced some predictable wailing and gnashing of teeth about the horrors of…

Nuclear reaction

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

The 70th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has produced some predictable wailing and gnashing of teeth about the horrors of…

Free markets and dumb luck

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

The greatest mistake made by conservatism was its overly close relationship with neo-classical economics. This was a marriage of convenience:…

Bridge

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

I hadn’t realised quite what a thriving bridge scene Manchester has until spending a weekend there recently. I went with…

High life

8 August 2015 9:00 am

Nestled under the Acropolis, snug and safe among the ancient ruins of a long-ago grandeur, Plaka is the only remaining…

Low life

8 August 2015 9:00 am

On Saturday my boy had a mini-stroke at home, aged only 26. ‘You’ll have to give up smoking and do…

Real life

8 August 2015 9:00 am

The vet bill has been sitting on my desk for three weeks. All vet bills are cruel and unusual but…

Long life

8 August 2015 9:00 am

Most people, when asked if they would rather be deaf or blind, say they would rather be deaf. I would…

Racing loses its Voice

8 August 2015 9:00 am

Reviewing a biography of Arkle, Peter O’Sullevan wrote, ‘He had an obit to die for.’ So did The Voice himself.…

Bridge

8 August 2015 9:00 am

Sweden’s flagship event is the brilliantly well organised Chairman’s Cup held in Orebro, attracting great players from all over Europe. …

1 Samuel 18:7

8 August 2015 9:00 am

David Howell is on a roll. At the halfway stage of the British Championship he looks set to retain his…