Voicing doubt
When it comes to the Voice, Anthony Albanese is breaking all the rules for successfully changing the constitution. First, he…
Deathless dag
You need only pick up Tim Robertson’s Reliques/Pomes to know that you’re in the presence of a man with an…
Aussie life
A new Arts policy has been released to help raise the creative standard just as a balding redhead called Ed…
Language
The word ‘manifestation’ has been part of the English language since the 1400s. It comes from the verb ‘to manifest’…
The missing million
There was plenty of miserable economic news in this week’s Budget: the highest taxes imposed by any peacetime government, the…
Restraint now, rewards later?
The paradox of Rishi Sunak’s premiership is that even though he became Prime Minister because of the economy, it’s the…
Call that Nice?
Mister Nice is not so much a restaurant as a pre-dawn thought flung into the drag between Piccadilly Circus and…
Kugelhopf
Yeast scares even some of the most proficient cooks. I know home cooks and professionals alike, food writers and fanatics,…
Hammered by the French
Rejoice, as you don’t normally say after a hammering like the peerless French dished out to England at Twickenham. But…
When is a crime not a crime?
On Monday, Suella Braverman published draft guidance designed to rein in the police habit of recording a ‘non-crime hate incident’…
Solution to 2593: Capital Development
1A, 7A, 18A, 40A, 46A and 47A are all on the new Elizabeth Line, which appears in the grid when…
2596: Charades
Unclued lights provide three definitions each of a whole word and of its two syllables. Solvers should highlight the word…
