Is Sunak heading for a showdown?
When the Prime Minister first assembled his cabinet, the most controversial appointment was Suella Braverman as Home Secretary. She had…
Welcome to the theatre of the absurd
Iam on the horns of a dilemma, I am in a moral quandary. I had intended to spend this morning…
Duck confit
Of all the myriad ways of preserving, confit always strikes me as wonderfully improbable. The ability to preserve meat just…
Solution to 2603
2603 has the prime factors 19 x 137 which further decompose into (102 – 92) x (42 + 112). Therefore…
The Ely agenda
‘There’s a lot of societal issues in Ely,’ said an anonymous caller to BBC Radio Wales the morning after the…
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…
Anthropomorphism will be our downfall
On the smooth marble concourse by the exit doors at Heathrow Airport I met my first cleaning robot. It was…
There is such thing as a stupid question
Some people seem to make a career of being ashamed (or at least claiming to be ashamed) of their country.…
