In Winwick Churchyard
The gravestones are laughing. They tilt at each other’s shoulders, droll tears of lichen blotching their honourable faces. Seated in…
Coming out of the shadows
Whether it’s Bridget Riley or Richard Hamilton, Francis Newton Souza or Bob Law, the quiet radicals of the 60s and 70s are experiencing an overdue revival
Old man’s game
KLF were right all along when they left the music industry, went to a deserted boathouse and burned a million quid
Hard lessons
Theatre Royal’s 'Kingston 14' offers no pick-me-up (Goldie’s slim cameo doesn’t count), while the Arcola’s 'Banksy: The Room in the Elephant' offers no solace to the man the artist made homeless
The gardens of Kent
Visit Kent’s great gardens rather than this V&A exhibition if you want a more accurate impression of this ‘father of modern gardening’
Going places
A trip to the Globe brings out the best in Royal Opera House’s Kasper Holten while a tick-boxing visit to Ambika P3 for Thomas Ades’ Powder Her Face doesn’t do the ENO any favours
Road to redemption
If you're not hooked by Calvary from the start, there's probably something wrong with you, writes Deborah Ross
Women at war
The Crimson Field may be set during the First World War but the battlefields it focuses on are mental health and gender equality
The way we were
Plus: Alan Dein and Fi Glover uncover extraordinary stories from several ordinary-seeming lives
Bridge
The news that two German doctors have been found guilty of cheating at the world bridge championships in Bali last…
Vishy regime
The Candidates tournament has been won by Vishy Anand who adopted the safety-first policy of winning two of his first…
No. 309
White to play. This position is from Mamedyarov-Aronian, Khanty-Mansisk 2014. White’s next was an ingenious way to demonstrate that his…
Putdownable
In Competition 2842 you were invited to compose the most off-putting book blurb that you could muster. There’s just space…
2157: Song X
Round the perimeter clockwise from 1 run six lights of a kind (7,9,10,9,9,8): if the grid were a 13/12, they…
to 2154: Clickety click
The MUSICAL (33) BARON (29) Lloyd-Webber’s BIRTHDAY (40) was on 22nd March; he was 66 (hence the title). His works…
