February 16, 2011 at 7:17 pm

Araucaria’s big celebrations

February 16, 2011 at 7:17 pm by jetdoc

I have uploaded lots of photos of the wonderful party given by the Guardian on the eve of Araucaria’s birthday. It was an honour and a delight to be there. Araucaria party

Financial Times 13,619 by Gozo

February 16, 2011 at 4:19 pmFebruary 16, 2011 at 2:37 pm by PeeDee

An amazingly good crossword, and a fitting tribute to the birthday boy. Here at home the kids are off school today for half term break and my wife is away for the week, so it … Read more >>

Guardian 25,247 / Enigmatist, Paul and Shed

February 16, 2011 at 10:56 am by mhl

I’ll leave no spoilers in this paragraph since it appears on the front page and this is a really special puzzle… This puzzle is a wonderful tribute to Araucaria, whose 90th birthday it … Read more >>

Independent 7593 / Eimi

February 16, 2011 at 10:06 amFebruary 16, 2011 at 9:23 am by Gaufrid

There must be some special occasion today for Dac to be ousted from his regular Wednesday slot. There is! Today is the 90th birthday of The Reverend John Galbraith Graham MBE aka Araucaria … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1163: Common Knowledge by Samuel

February 17, 2011 at 1:13 pmFebruary 16, 2011 at 1:23 am by kenmac

A nice easy preamble for a change. We’re told that six entries are clued without definition and all the other clues generate an extra letter. The extra letters generate a “line”, which identifies … Read more >>