Warhorses
Towards the end of last year, those two old warhorses Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman added to their total of over…
No. 297
White to play. This position is a variation from Nepomniachtchi-Ivanchuk, Beijing 2013. White has a ferocious attack. How can he…
Talking shop
In Competition 2830 you were invited to choose, from different authors, two characters who have the same job or position…
2145: Two in a row
Unclued lights form four thematic pairs, one of which combines to form a single word. Across 1 Working…
Christmas crossword: The winners
Christmas carols, and their anagrammed ‘new titles’: O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR ONCE…
Want the next Mark Zuckerburg? Teach Latin!
Ian Livingstone's 'revolutionary' talk about education is old rot
Mobile phones with a touch of tweed
Like the spork and the sofa bed, the smartphone is still a bad compromise
The immortal memory
As a life, it was a scintillating spectrum of the human condition. There was hardship and suffering, as well as…
No justice, no peace
Mark Duggan’s supporters are using a slogan with a surprisingly long history among the chanting classes
Very, very effective
The border protection debate is roaring again, and we’re happy to join the fun. One place to start is to…
Brown study
It is good to read something worthwhile in the press and I had the opportunity to do exactly that the…
Sound military history
Scott Fitzgerald once made the famous observation that there are no second acts in American life. Perhaps. But Mike Carlton…
Uni activists need to get real in the Abbott era
Memo to the National Union of Students: ditch the ideology and represent undergraduates
Diary
Tony Abbott became the seventh Australian Prime Minister to select a PM’s XI to play against a major touring team,…
Australian Notes
To start with a story: long years ago in 1978 Mary Lady Fairfax hosted a dinner in her Point Piper…
Notes from a gap year
When taking a gap year, it is meant to be just that. A year. Alas, I’m into my second year…
Tony is soft on crime
The only way to stop aggressive drunks is for the state to become even more aggressive with them
Dress to impress
People will go to extraordinary lengths to get into a nightclub. Nowadays you must wear something tight, and look slinky.…
At Kew
To Occupation Road again, a whole year nearer my own retirement now. The track slopes down past the Record Office…
American Night
All in the half-dark, we watch the dead playing the parts of the living, in roles we have seen before:…
American Night
All in the half-dark, we watch the dead playing the parts of the living, in roles we have seen before:…
The immortal memory
As a life, it was a scintillating spectrum of the human condition. There was hardship and suffering, as well as…
