Life
Crossword 2595: Three of a kind
The unclued lights display a common feature, different in each example. Elsewhere, ignore an apostrophe. Across 1 Tracks birds (5)…
Me too, Isabel
I’ve been gripped by the Telegraph’s Lockdown Files. The 100,000 WhatsApp messages on Matt Hancock’s phone, handed to the paper…
Man down
In Competition No. 3289, you were invited to provide an extract from a politically correct version of a work by…
Real life
‘We don’t take cash,’ said the boy behind the counter in Pret after I tried to hand him a £5…
Low life
I can see why rock stars and other impetuous celebrity types accidentally top themselves with drug cocktails. When you are…
Language
When US President Joe Biden addressed Congress and gave his ‘State of the Union’ address he was (at times) greeted…
Kiwi life
To be an award-winning commentator, the late Alexander Cockburn held, you really need to have a bit of a thing…
Bring up the bodies
In Competition No. 3288, you were invited to supply a sonnet on an embarrassing ailment. To make space for as…
Chicken tikka masala
Chicken tikka masala has become something of a joke. When, in the late 2000s, it was topping lists of the…
Tea junction
The Cédric Grolet at the Berkeley lives in the shiniest hotel in Knightsbridge, though I prefer the Mandarin Oriental, because…
A Test match for the ages
Readers of a certain vintage might be familiar with the work of J.A. (Charles) Cuddon, a teacher at Emanuel School…
The ride of my life
I was disappointed to learn that the authorities are planning to crack down on dockless bikes and electric scooters. Westminster…
