Private eye
Finding Vivian Maier does not find Vivian Maier conclusively, but it still keeps you drilled to your seat
Unforgettable riffs
Ignore the touches of hyperbole and the feminist politicking, BBC4’s The Joy of the Guitar Riff rescued Friday night TV
Visceral voices
Plus: five short essays on Scottishness, full of detail and absurdity, by A.L Kennedy
Great Scots
Since spring this year, art venues across Scotland have been dedicating themselves to a gigantic project called Generation. Involving more…
High life
As a young man, I was never warned that when I was old my heart would still break regularly
Bridge
The recent Open European Championship was won by Israel — but right up to the end, Monaco and England were…
Final flame
I am very sorry to report the death of International Master Andrew Whiteley, a friend of mine for half a…
No. 323
Black to play. This is from Litsberger-Whiteley, Harrachov 1967. This position also emanated from the Dragon Variation. What was Black’s…
Soccer lesson
In Competition No. 2856 you were invited to recruit a well-known author of your choice to give Phil Neville a…
2171: 31 Across
Seven identical two-by-two squares in the completed grid must be highlighted to depict the unclued entries, each of two words.…
to 2168: History exam
Initial letters of superfluous words in clues give nightingale, quail and cuckoo, specimens of AVIFAUNA (5) represented by FLUTE (43),…
Cameron was right to move Gove
I am shocked to see the Education Secretary go, but in the Prime Minister's shoes I might have done the same
How good laws change our ways
The smoking ban is an example of legislation that worked by changing behaviour
Brown Study
I wonder if you have noticed that the public response here and overseas to the current Middle Eastern crisis has…
A legendary artist
Our own Robert Dickerson, now aged 90, will go down as one of the world’s leading painters
Big smoke vs region
Go bush young man! Remote towns are more relaxed and comfortable than the inner cities
