Australian letters
Corruption Tango Sir: David Cameron may need reminding that it takes two to tango and corruption involves the corruptor and…
To a Turkish president
There was a young fellow from Ankara Who was a terrific wankera Till he sowed his wild oats With the…
Verdi
Verdi has a peculiar if not unique place in the pantheon of great composers. If you love classical music at…
To a Turkish president
There was a young fellow from Ankara Who was a terrific wankera Till he sowed his wild oats With the…
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…
Your problems solved
Q. My super successful son kindly gave a birthday dinner party for me in a glamorous London club. I have never…
Nicholas the miraculous
Miracles are not ceased. A few years ago, a kindly educational therapist took pity on John Prescott and set out…
Lies, damned lies and…
A Ryanair plane in a Stansted hangar was not the best backdrop for George Osborne’s claim that the economic argument…
High life
New York I have never seen anything like it. If Adolf Hitler were running for president, he would match…
Low life
A fresh start in a new gym in a foreign country. The serious young gym attendant didn’t speak a word…
Low life
A fresh start in a new gym in a foreign country. The serious young gym attendant didn’t speak a word…
Exclamation marks
‘Like eating in the street,’ said my husband. Astonishing! He’d said something not only coherent in itself but also connected…
Real life
Some people call their house Dun Roamin’ to sum up their state of mind. After ten weeks ministering to my…
My soppy, dopey, deadly predator
Leo, the Hungarian Vizsla my wife brought home unexpectedly last year, is approaching his first birthday and not getting any…
My soppy, dopey, deadly predator
Leo, the Hungarian Vizsla my wife brought home unexpectedly last year, is approaching his first birthday and not getting any…
How your brain buys a sofa
Almost every popular commercial product owes its success to two different qualities. First, it does the job it is ostensibly…
Wild life
Nairobi The gangsters hadn’t heard of Brexit. ‘What is this “Breaks it”?’ they asked my friend hours after kidnapping…
How Rome did immigration
Last week it was suggested that the questions asked of London mayor Sadiq Khan had nothing to do with racism,…
Barometer
Name check 306 business people signed a letter to the Daily Telegraph saying that Britain would be better off outside…
Diary
Not only are today’s young girls having to work hard on their abs, butts and glutes, now the likes of…
Bus battles
From ‘The softening of street manners’, The Spectator, 20 May 1916: Generally the public opinion of the ’bus entirely upholds…
Australian letters
Corruption Tango Sir: David Cameron may need reminding that it takes two to tango and corruption involves the corruptor and…
