Grand theft super
As the nation embarks on a critical federal election, both sides of politics have decided to launch a brutal assault…
Preferencing the Greens
What ‘seemed like a good idea at the time’ has a chance of seriously backfiring
Australian letters
Metal cocoon Sir: Perhaps the most worrying thing not mentioned by James McCann about the submarine announcement is that Australia…
Arrest
The sun always grabs us by surprise its yolky wash on a pub wall the clumsy spill round the black…
Bullfighting
Looking at the programme for the feria of San Isidro in Madrid this month (bullfights are being held on 31…
Arrest
The sun always grabs us by surprise its yolky wash on a pub wall the clumsy spill round the black…
Magna cum laude
World champion Magnus Carlsen has taken first prize in the Norway tournament at Stavanger which finished last month. Carlsen had…
No. 408
White to play. This position is a variation from So-Kasparov, St Louis 2016. What is White’s quickest kill? Answers to…
Olden but golden
In Competition No. 2947 you were asked to submit a poem in praise of old age. Old age gets a…
Dear Mary
How do you persuade your pleasant dinner guests to go home when they will stay into the early hours if…
Soho in Somerset
It is summer and the listless metropolitan thinks of grass. It cannot afford to stay at Durslade Farmhouse, Somerset, a…
What Brexit won’t fix
The Leave campaign was right to pour scorn on David Cameron’s warning this week that Brexit could threaten Europe’s military…
High life
New York It was the best of times — downtown — and the worst of times — uptown. Let’s start…
Low life
On Sunday we were invited for lunch at Chez Bruno, an unbelievably posh restaurant in the south of France. At…
Low life
On Sunday we were invited for lunch at Chez Bruno, an unbelievably posh restaurant in the south of France. At…
Sadiq Khan’s virtues
The new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said he wanted ‘the most transparent, honest and accessible administration London has ever…
Real life
Hello, Cydney spaniel here. She’s lying in a darkened room so I’m to tell you what happened. To cut a…
The Foxes have little to teach us
A few years ago a motivational speaker brought out a smart little book called Legacy: What The All Blacks Can…
These heartless Europhile snobs
One of the interesting features of the Brexit debate is that it has laid bare a schism in British society…
These heartless Europhile snobs
One of the interesting features of the Brexit debate is that it has laid bare a schism in British society…
Twelve to follow
It has been a little like scraping from the plate as slowly as possible the last traces of Mrs Oakley’s…
