Varsity match
On Saturday 8 March the 132nd Varsity match between the teams of Oxford and Cambridge will see Oxford seeking to…
No. 304
White to play. This position is from Robbins-Smith, Varsity Match 1972. The black king has been drawn out into the…
Reunion blues
In Competition 2837 you were invited to submit a poem on the horrors of a reunion dinner. In days gone…
2152: T20 – it’s just not cricket!
The unclued lights (and 4 Down + N) are of a kind and along with the suggestion given by the…
to 2149: Super!
When preceded by GREAT, each unclued light yields a phrase listed in Brewer 19th edition. First prize Mrs T.…
Dinner with the editors
An old haunt of Guardian journalists, now with a Telegraph editor in the kitchen
Is Tony Abbott a dry?
At six minutes past eight on the evening of Monday 3 March, the camera panned unexpectedly off the face of…
Diary
Here’s a piece of news you may have missed. The EU has shelved its trade talks with India. At the…
Letters
Long Labor Sir: The insightfully worded editorial ‘The Sins of Craig Thomson’ (22 February) has historical echoes. The original ‘Blind…
Australian Notes
What an eccentric case the Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane mounted against the federal government’s proposal to amend section 18C…
Brown study
During my illustrious career as Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs I had a visit from my counterpart in the…
A knife blade on the skyline
Downtown Melbourne embraces skinny buildings more than three decades since they littered Manhattan
More British than Britain
In the interests of a more civilised world, let the Commonwealth leaders trump democratic values
Here we go again
The upcoming senate election in Western Australia shows Paul Keating was right: the upper house is unrepresentative swill
Blast from the past
If Margaret Thatcher is remembered by many more as a caricature than as her actual self, then blame Spitting Image.…
Crowd Hunters of Images
remains are handled in a culturally sensitive and religiously appropriate manner presence without value is perceived as occupation today we…
Dinner with the editors
Moro (‘moorish’ or ‘sexist’) is a Spanish restaurant on Exmouth Market, near the bones of the old Guardian and Observer…
A Victor for the future
Just do it. The people who make trainers have been telling us to ‘Just do it’ for 25 years now.…
