Unmade in Chelsea
Dylan, Kerouac, Joplin, Vidal, Vicious — all checked in at this legendary Manhattan hotel
Cultural capital
Could splashing public money on city of culture initiatives make good business sense? William Cook reports
Independent thought
Its exhibition on the London Group is a show many larger public institutions would be proud to have put on
Tales from Oxford
Plus: Even as a five-year-old, I had more imaginative power than the likes of Hunter S. Thompson
What’s it all about?
The Royal Opera House's production is one of the worst I've seen — and there's been stiff competition
The real thing
Paddy MacAloon always had talent, but in Crimson/Red he seems to have regained his confidence
Dramatic week
This week, I listened to the Barchester dramas, and to a man reuniting with the person who had saved him from suicide
Power to the people
What ex-residents of Heygate Estate did about a planned sculpture that wasn't really about 'regenerating' the neighbourhood
High life
I felt sadness after three days of non-stop revelry, for I know a twilight party when I see one...
Low life
The driver appeared. He wasn't going to give us any booze, he said, because our young ladies were out of control
Real life
Cydney needs to be gainfully employed, and would languish on the dole or at jobseekers' training
Long life
While my neighbours and I fought valiantly against a windfarm project, I think it was state-funding reductions that finally stopped it
Women’s ways
Plus: The sporting woman of the moment who's turning out tuned-to-the-minute steeplechasers
Bridge
January ended for me with the annual Icelandic Bridge Festival in Reykjavik. There may be a better tournament but I…
Lions’ den
Daniel Johnson, the distinguished editor of Standpoint magazine, can be bracketed with Tim Congdon and Dominic Lawson, as having had…
No. 300
White to play. This is from Johnson-Finch, Marlow 1974. White is building up a strong attack on the kingside and…
Dear diary
In Competition 2833 you were invited to submit an extract from the adolescent diary of a well-known public figure, living…
2148: Eighth of February
Unclued lights (including two of two words and an accent to be ignored) can be expressed in such a way…
to 2145: Two in a row
Each pair consists of two in a ‘row’ in a variety of meanings. PURL (14) & PLAIN (25) (line of…
How to deal with the Blob
The Education Secretary is right about the teaching establishment – show weakness, and they’ll destroy you
Death of a team
Elite sport is about constant reinvention. Right now, few sides need that more than England’s cricketers
