No. 292
White to play. This position is from Anand-Ding Liren, Alekhine Memorial, Paris 2013. White’s next destroyed the already compromised black…
Pet project
In Competition 2823 you were invited to submit a school essay or poem written at the age of eight by…
2139: Separated
Nine unclued lights can be separated into three groups; each group consists of three definitions of one of three words…
To 2136: Howdunit
Six of the unclued entries contained the Cluedo character surnames; the remaining unclued entries were therefore a murder weapon and…
Hunt saboteurs
Let me, ahem, add my congratulations to the floppy-haired MP for his contribution to the education debate
French revival
The restaurant is a very feminine place in the very masculine parish of St James's Street
Professor Strange-palm
Dinosaurs, disgruntled employees, Chinese spies, Titanic enterprises, JFK rip-offs, unpaid taxes, smacking Senate bottoms, strange circular self-generating taxation schemes and…
Diary
On my second afternoon in Australia I found myself in the heart of Sydney, strolling past Circular Quay with Baron…
Australian Notes
Mr Keating cannot help himself. The solemnity and splendour of the Remembrance Day service in a drizzling Canberra was a…
Brown study
The launch of Twitter on the New York Stock Exchange the other day was a momentous event. I do not…
Mining magnate paradox
In many ways, Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest has become the likeable face of the Australian mining boom, a self-made billionaire without…
Two cheers for Bowen
Since I know Speccie readers like a bit of a shock, let me oblige: I think Chris Bowen is a…
Eye witness
If you want to buy a picture or a piece of sculpture and have lots of money or not very…
French revival
Boulestin is a pretty restaurant on St James’s Street, between the posh fag shop (Davidoff) and the old palace, which…
All change at the top
In sport, as in life, you just don’t know where you stand any more. Look at the Premier League: no…
Wild life
As I write this, my hands are seared and bruised from holding a hot iron after branding our cattle. We…
Eye witness
If you want to buy a picture or a piece of sculpture and have lots of money or not very…
Seasonal treats
There was a time when the term ‘world première’ was not as fashionable as it is these days. Great works…
