Life
Solution to 2603
2603 has the prime factors 19 x 137 which further decompose into (102 – 92) x (42 + 112). Therefore…
Brunch with Byron
In Competition No. 3300, you were invited to describe in verse a meal of your choice with a well-known poet,…
No mucking about
The Pilchard Inn sits at the entrance to Burgh Island, a minute tidal island off the coast of south Devon.…
Is Uefa just useless – or is it worse than that?
It’s not clear how many readers of this journal will be affected, but anyone planning a stag weekend in Prague…
Seating arrangements
I have a confession to make: I’m a sitzpinkler. That’s the German word for men who sit down when they…
Real life
A bay mare was standing over a foal curled up sleeping at her feet. Yawning and struggling to keep her…
High life
He bore his death sentence more gracefully than most heroes I’ve read about. As the end approached, his columns showed…
Aussie life
As the head of a dynasty which owes its wealth and influence to military aggression, white supremacy and colonial exploitation,…
Language
Have you come across the word ‘transabled’? This is a new one on me, and I find it a frightening…
Red bull
I am assured that this is not a legend. But a few years ago, an Irishman’s life was twice saved…
The Wiki Man
Our local Sainsbury’s, though admirable in every other way, has a slightly inflated estimate of the disabled population of Seven-oaks,…
