Announcements – Page 18 – Fifteensquared

S&B Cambridge – 25/4/15

February 13, 2015 at 9:18 amFebruary 7, 2015 at 3:01 pm by Admin

According to the National Rail Enquiries website, the only trains running to/from Cambridge on April 25th will be those from/to London and Norwich. There will be a replacement bus service between Peterborough and … Read more >>

It’s that time again …

January 3, 2015 at 9:55 amDecember 31, 2014 at 12:00 pm by Gaufrid

I have delayed writing this post because I was having difficulty finding something to say that I didn’t say this time last year, and the year before, and the year before that, and … Read more >>

TfTT Christmas Turkey

December 20, 2014 at 8:29 amDecember 16, 2014 at 1:16 pm by Admin

The bloggers and commenters of TfTT have again put together a cryptic puzzle for Christmas. It can be found here if anyone wishes to pit their wits against their counterparts.

Cambridge S & B – now confirmed: 25 April 2015

December 20, 2014 at 8:33 amDecember 14, 2014 at 9:27 pm by Sil

We are delighted to announce that there will be a Sloggers & Betters meeting in Cambridge next spring. The date is Saturday 25 April 2015, the venue a nice pub: The Castle Inn.

So far, 25+ cruciverbalists showed their interest with a clear “yes!”. If you changed your mind or if you want to add your name to the list of potential attendees, please be so kind to tell us here at Fifteensquared, now or at a later point (closer to the date). Having said that, everyone’s welcome, at any stage, even at the last minute.

Details (how to get there, food, parking etc) will be given later.

Meanwhile, we want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The world is a turbulent place, also one to be treasured.

Sil, Phil (aka Flashling), Jon (aka Rorschach)

Araucaria Anniversary – a message from Sandy Balfour

November 30, 2014 at 9:23 amNovember 26, 2014 at 9:02 am by Admin

It’s a year since John died. For some years his brother, Stephen, has set a cryptic quiz and donated the proceeds to various charities. This year, and partly in John’s memory, the chosen charity is Medicin sans Frontieres.

Solvers who would like to sample a different version of the Graham wit are invited to download the puzzle and make a small donation here.

Good News!

November 23, 2014 at 10:15 amNovember 19, 2014 at 3:30 pm by Admin

Those of you who have been visiting this site for a while now will no doubt remember the appeal I made back in December 2012 for help towards the annual hosting costs when … Read more >>

Site Maintenance

November 13, 2014 at 7:44 amNovember 12, 2014 at 10:35 am by Admin

Edit (0730 13/11/14): The site should now be back to normal. Sorry for any inconvenience to users of a mobile device. In an attempt to track down the cause of excess CPU usage … Read more >>

General Discussion & Site Feedback

November 12, 2014 at 10:07 amNovember 10, 2014 at 5:24 pm by Admin

A software update this afternoon has caused an elderly WordPress plug-in to malfunction, resulting in an error which created display abnormalities. This plug-in generated the ‘paged comments’ in the above two posts. To avoid the error I … Read more >>

Sloggers & Betters in Cambridge?

November 8, 2014 at 10:23 amNovember 5, 2014 at 9:16 am by Admin

It has been suggested that the next S&B get-together outside London be held in Cambridge, rather than Derby, sometime during March/April next year. Please indicate in a comment below if you might be … Read more >>

Fifteensquared is now Twocubed

November 5, 2014 at 9:13 amNovember 1, 2014 at 4:38 pm by Admin

Eight years ago today the first blog was published on Fifteensquared by the site’s founder neildubya (it was for a Janus puzzle in the Guardian which had appeared two days earlier). Since then we have … Read more >>

York S & B – cryptics

October 29, 2014 at 7:52 pm by Sil

Last Saturday’s marvellous York meeting was not just about beer, wine and cider. Or Wein Weib und Gesang as it was called centuries ago. The incomparable John Henderson gave us a lecture in … Read more >>

Cruciverbal get-together in Oz

November 4, 2014 at 8:14 amOctober 29, 2014 at 10:32 am by Admin

I have been asked to sound out opinion as to the feasibility of having a get-together of solvers in Australia, similar to the S&B gatherings that we have here in the UK, sometime … Read more >>

A message from John Henderson

October 27, 2014 at 10:28 am by Admin

Jane and I would like to thank everyone for making the (first) Sloggers and Betters York weekend such an amazing event. We were 22 on the Friday pub quiz crawl and exactly sixty … Read more >>

York S&B — itinerary

October 25, 2014 at 7:26 amOctober 22, 2014 at 6:06 pm by jetdoc

Here are maps of the pubs — a bit low-res for upload purposes, I’m afraid. I hope they’re legible. I can send a PDF if you email me directly; or maps will be … Read more >>

York S&B October 24-25

October 25, 2014 at 7:26 amOctober 6, 2014 at 4:15 pm by Admin

A message from John H.

I’m sure to have missed people out or to have left out special dietary needs. Please would you check the relevant list(s) below, and advise me of any such omissions or inaccuracies. I can easily swap you from list to list.