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A sad loss

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Some of you may have noticed that one of our regular contributors, rhotician, has not commented recently. Sadly, the reason for this is that he was in hospital where he passed away on Tuesday morning.

Since his first comment back in early June 2012, rhotician has regularly provided valuable input to our discussions and I, for one, will miss his contributions. I’m sure that all those who visit this site, particularly those who met Michael at one of the S&B get-togethers, will wish to join me in sending condolences to his family and friends.

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Charity cryptic quiz

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Richard Cleaver has asked me to help publicise this cryptic quiz, which is raising funds for MIND. Do have a go — it’s pretty good, and in a very deserving cause. Richard says: … Read more >>

Sloggers & Betters York, weekend of 24-25-26 October, 2014

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IMPORTANT: Please see the PS at the bottom of this post.

The main event will be at The Fox and Roman, 58 Tadcaster Road, Dringhouses, York YO24 1LR. I’m organising a buffet lunch for around 2-3pm which, as on previous occasions, will come to £8-10 per person. The pub opens at 1130am.

http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/thefoxandromanyork

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HTML Tags in Comments

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The issue that was causing problems when using HTML tags in comments has now been resolved so please ignore my original post (see below) and continue to use them if/when required. ************* Original … Read more >>

Prospective Sloggers & Betters – York – Saturday, Oct 25th …

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… (optional Friday evening and Sunday lunch, 1,2 or 3 nights).

Is this a good date? If so, please confirm below then Jane and I will go ahead and organise it. Half-term for the teachers, and it worked in Sheffield this time last year (some bloke’s birthday). We’ll try and get deals for Fri/Sat, Sat/Sun and Fri/Sat/Sun if all approved.

John H. (aka Nimrod, Enigmatist etc)

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New Bloggers Required

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Edit (10/6/14): the vacancies have now been filled.

New bloggers are required to cover the following puzzles:

Financial Times (Tuesday, either every week or as part of a rota for this day)
Guardian Quiptic (every fourth Monday)
Guardian Genius (once every six months)

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Derby S & B – crosswords

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At last Saturday’s S & B meeting in Derby’s Waterfall, four non-pro setters and one very-pro setter each made a contribution by bringing along a crossword. Unfortunately, John Henderson (this time disguised as … Read more >>