Low life
If someone was sitting astride a machine, the gym instructor kissed them and I followed suit
Real life
My thoroughbred Darcy is descended from the original Godolphin Arabian; with that heritage, no wonder she acts up
Bridge
Sometimes Janet teases me that this should be called the David Gold Column, as I mention his name so frequently.…
Cyrus the Great
I think I hold the world record for the greatest number of chess books written (or co-written) and published. At…
No. 409
White to play. This position is from Dubov-Yandemirov, Russian Team Championship, Sochi 2016. How can White exploit the unfortunate placing…
Wild thing
In Competition No. 2948 you were invited to step into the skin of a species of your choice and provide…
2261: Long jump
Six unclued lights are examples of ‘3/4/18’ (four words in total, ignore an apostrophe), a quotation (in ODQ) whose author’s…
To 2258: Perimetrical jigsaw
The perimeter quotation is from L.P. Hartley’s The Go-Between, in which Leo, Marian and Ted are the main characters. First…
My soppy, dopey, deadly predator
No sandwich, leg of ham, Flake 99, loaf of bread or tub of butter is safe from his marauding instincts
How your brain buys a sofa
Downplaying the role of unconscious mental processes is wrong – and worse, kind of French
Sky sets the agenda
Nearly a fortnight into this marathon election campaign, there are worrying signs for all of us wanting a return of…
Australian diary
I landed back into Canberra at the end of Budget week after a month travelling the Mediterranean with my mother,…
Multicultural notes
‘Once upon a time there was a kingdom where people of all races and nationalities got along in perfect peace…
Budget notes
Rabbits, hats and a poke in the eye It is bad enough that the 2016-17 Budget contained so little of…
Speak up!
Free speech is struggling in the battle against ‘conventional wisdom’ and ‘political correctness’
Culture buff
It was a big week for art auctions; Sotheby’s grossed $14.2 million over May10 & 11, their best result since…
