Repeat prescription
But which paintings are in fact by Giorgione? It’s impossible to resist playing the attribution game
Second thoughts
Plus: Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker’s adaptation of As You Like It at Sadler’s Wells shows this grande dame of contemporary dance has also stayed the course
Building block
Ben Wheatley isn’t much interested in narrative or character or women but he is keen on barbecued dogs and explosions of violence
Original sin
But is the same true of the austere original version of the opera that this Richard Jones production are using?
Time out of mind
Plus: Mel Giedroyc will hopefully get better offers than this American adoption melodrama at Southwark Playhouse
Greedy greenies
The latest Scandi drama that’s showing great promise (despite the liberal-lefty politics) is BBC4’s Follow the Money
Home and away
Plus: why are we given so little teaching on how to care? And is there some truth to the three-second rule?
Long life
A month ago there were 13 ducks on my pond. Now there’s only one — and its days are numbered
Farewell to Fergie
The man who commutes between Newmarket and Dubai will be missed but he has no regrets
Bridge
The past couple of weeks have been the first since the New Year that we haven’t played a tournament of…
Candidates
The Candidates tournament to determine the challenger later this year to world champion Magnus Carlsen is now well underway in…
Puzzle no. 400
White to play. This position is a variation from Anand-Topalov, Fidé Candidates, Moscow 2016. White can capture the black bishop,…
Preposterous pet
In Competition No. 2939 you were invited to submit a poem about a famous person and an unlikely pet. There’s…
2252: Writer deploys me
11/22, 36/1D, 48/2, 9/30 and 17/46 combine to form anagrams of the titles of five works (four of two words,…
to 2249: Transformation
In line with 10A, other unclued lights were anagrams of US states: 17A ILLINOIS; 29A MARYLAND; 35A UTAH; 7D TEXAS;…
The miracle of Michaela
Children who joined Katharine Birbalsingh’s school with a reading age of six were reeling off French verbs
Jones the dragon-slayer
Plus: Jones the dragon-slayer – England’s rugby coach will walking to walk on water soon
Dear Mary
Plus: the charming way to avoid sending thank-you letters, and the discreet way to reveal how expensive your gift was
