Araucaria/Cinephile on Desert Island Discs
Thanks to Scarpia and Shirley for drawing attention to the fact that John Graham (Araucaria/Cinephile) is going to be the guest on Desert Island Discs next Sunday 10th July @ 11.15 on BBC … Read more >>
Day: 4 July 2011
Guardian Quiptic 607 Orlando
This is one of the better Quiptics I’ve completed. Not difficult, but a balanced mix of tricks to enjoy. Thanks Orlando. (Definitions underlined in clues.) Across 1 Cab heading off to the centre of Rome? It’s taken … Read more >>
Independent 7711/Anax
I don’t know, you offer to do a favour for a fellow blogger, and look what happens … I got a request from nmsindy to swap Monday dates, and of course I agreed. … Read more >>
Guardian 25,365 / Rufus
I think this was perhaps just a little trickier than your average Rufus but there’s the usual mix of witty cryptic definitions and clever anagrams – and I wish I could think of … Read more >>
Cyclops 446: The poor bloody infantry
Back from watching England decisively beaten by Sri Lanka in the ODI at Lord’s, to finish and complete this blog. What held me up as a blogger was working out the wordplay of … Read more >>