2167: Groupies
The unclued lights are of a kind and are listed together in Chambers 2011. Solvers should highlight two normally clued…
to 2164: Blank crossword
The unclued lights are types of CROSS. Solver were required to indicate clearly the FYLFOT at the centre of the…
Portrait of the week
Home With war engulfing Iraq, Britain set about reopening its embassy in Tehran, closed in 2011. William Hague, the Foreign…
Eva Remembers Her Two Brothers Called James
When she thinks (if she does) of the first James it is of a six-year-old who died when she was…
Churchgoing is good for you
Forget being ‘spiritual but not religious’. It’s much better to be religious but not spiritual
How long can our MPs ignore what’s in their backyard?
If you’ve ever wondered what connection bien-pensant MPs have with their constituents, this might help make it clear
Good luck finding goodies and baddies in Iraq
This time, surely there is no one we can mistake for simple goodies and baddies
The big fat lie about cholesterol
A gigantic scare that lasts for decades because the experts are too embarrassed to back down. Remind you of anything?
Cannon and ball
A review of Waterloo: A New History of the Battle and its Armies, by Gordon Corrigan. Elbow the author out of the way and what you will find is a vigorous account of the famous campaign
Talking tough
A review of Hard Choices: A Memoir, by Hillary Rodham Clinton. The endless clichés and pseudo-details make her sound more reptilian than she probably is
Doubly unexpected
A review of Mr Mercedes, by Stephen King. We know to expect the unexpected; but when the unexpected happens, it’s not the unexpected we were expecting
Ice Sculpture
If I begged you to, would you hitchhike to the ice-sculpture factory, where the drunken cow was just presented, and…
Teething troubles
A review of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, by Joshua Ferris, a novel as engrossing as it is uproarious
Barflies and buccaneers
A review of Hotel Florida, by Amanda Vaill. This sanctuary for war tourists, opportunists, dreamers, buccaneers and writers kept Republican hopes alive
Amour fou
A review of Black Venus, by James MacManus. A cinematic take on Baudelaire’s relationship with his voluptuous Haitian mistress
