Tate Britain
There’s a serious scholarship deficiency now at the gallery, as the abysmal current Sculpture Victorious exhibitions shows, and the blame for this lies with Curtis - and Nicholas Serota
Bridge
What a week it’s been. On Thursday night the incomparable Terry Hewett held her annual charity bonanza Night of the…
Varsity
On Saturday 7 March the annual Varsity Match between the teams of Oxford and Cambridge takes place. The contest is…
No. 352
Black to play. This is a variation from Chandler-Whiteley, Brighton 1979. Here Black can bring his attack to a successful…
Heaven and hell
In Competition No. 2887 you were invited to describe your idea of heaven or hell in verse. Nietzsche famously said…
2201: Facility
In each of eleven clues there is an added letter in the definition part. These letters, in clue order, spell…
To 2198: Tuck in
Corrections of misprints in clues give BETWEEN THE SHEETS, the name of a COCKTAIL (1A) whose contents (11, 18/34, 29…
The nailbiting run-up to Question Time
All you can do is prepare, and hope you don’t fall flat on your face
Going large on Park Lane
And, in the manner of a retirement community, everything is in large print, from the cars in the forecourt to the groups wandering the corridors
Anniversary
When the BBC feels the need to talk about a ‘25th anniversary’, you know a change has occurred
Rape of the Libs
Perhaps the commentariat now realise that they do not, in fact, run the country, and cannot replace prime ministers on…
Vietnamese Diary
I had been loitering around some dreadlocked types, working up the courage to join the conversation, when the people smuggler…
Brown study
It is profoundly disturbing that the Liberal Party seems to have taken leave of its senses again and is about…
Farrago of leaks, libels and downright lies
A treacherous fifth column within the Liberal party have made the case for party reform more urgent than ever
