London Classic
The key feature of the London Classic, which finished shortly before Christmas, was the resurgence of Viswanathan Anand, the former…
No. 344
White to play. This is a position from Adams–Caruana, London Classic 2014. How did Adams convert to a winning endgame?…
Rehabilitation
In Competition No. 2879 you were invited to follow in the footsteps of Hilary Mantel and provide a scene that…
2193: Celebration II
Clockwise round the grid from 31 run the titles of four works (6,3,5,7,5.1,5,7,8,5) associated with a 21 and 25A born…
To 2191: Bunk
Ambrose Bierce defined history as an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly…
Autism and the Turing Fallacy
I’m all for giving more respect to people on the autistic spectrum – but not because they’re ‘special’
Year of living dangerously
With the nightmare of the Sydney siege still fresh in Australian minds comes the not entirely unexpected heightened terrorist alerts…
Australian notes
If only Tony Abbott could bring the conviction and even eloquence he demonstrated in Baghdad to bear on the Budget…
Holiday diary
Holidays are a time to abandon the comfort zone and try new things. So when my mate Adam Brereton, an…
Crowe’s water diviner is out of his depth
A film that purports to show the ‘other’ side of the ANZAC story does anything but
Culture buff
Not many people would still argue that fashion, as in garments, has no place in an art museum. After all,…
Lock up yer dole-bludgin’ daughters
Gary Johns has conceived of ‘No contraception, no dole’. Can it work?
A Muslim’s ambush: how I was stitched up by Australian breakfast TV
Channel Seven producers shamelessly exploited my goodwill project
Australian Letters
No Christmas Sir: To follow up on Chris Ashton’s ‘the real War on Christmas’ (Spec Aus Christmas Special) might I…
Black Knight
A few forgotten objects Dad passed on: copperplate pens with long nail nibs, still stained black, one coal-fire red, laid…
Title stories: The moon and sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
The post Title stories: The moon and sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham appeared first on The Spectator. Got something to…
Stalker
The moon comes knocking on our door; a slavish stalker who hangs around all night. The slowest of walkers, he…
Stalker
The moon comes knocking on our door; a slavish stalker who hangs around all night. The slowest of walkers, he…
