What you learn from crosswords

This isn’t really about picking up general knowledge, but more the strange things that emerge as a result of setti...

Back in the saddle

Surprising how easy it is to get out of the habit of something.  I had the machine more or less back in action last...

No update this weekend

There’s a howling wet southerly this weekend and every justification for sitting at a computer writing an update. &nbs...

The highs and lows of hyphens

I hope you’re enjoying Invalid Care in the Inquisitor series yesterday (18 May 2019, should this page happen to be...

Optics by Phibre

The setters’ blog for this is up, complete with pictures.

The Apex 2018 puzzle

The regular participants have been notified, so I can now put up the APEX puzzle from last Christmas.  Remember tha...

Happy Easter

Something slightly different for Easter – an Independent daily puzzle, but picked up through its appearance in the...

APEX results time

A quick post today so that I can get on with the task of wrestling a large results spreadsheet on to A4 without unnatura...

After the event

…life goes on.  Thank you for the messages of support after the events of 15 March.  It stirred memories...

A birthday distraction

Yes, it’s the other half’s birthday today, so I must be brief.  She shares it with – but, no, the...