Tag : Life and style

Tag: Life and style

Observer killer sudoku

Click here to access the print version. Normal Sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within grey lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by grey lines. Continue reading...

Vicky McClure: ‘Working with Madonna never felt normal’

The actor, 40, on not having a posh accent, working in a jewellers, and having a tram named after her“There’s no such word as can’t!” Mum said that a lot growing up. She was right, of course. Always bloody is. So many times I thought I had no chance:...

Adam Kay: ‘My worst job? A comedy gig for angry, horny squaddies. I was on after the stripper’

The writer of This Is Going to Hurt on self‑destruction, an awkward meeting with AOC and why he can’t stand Jeremy HuntBorn in Brighton, Kay, 42, spent six years as a junior doctor before leaving in 2010 to become a comedian. In 2017 he published his...

What links Stranger Things and Fargo? The Saturday quiz

From No Music Day to Last Cocked Hat, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which African country is named from the Portuguese for prawn?2 Why was Janet Young unique in UK politics 1979-1990?3 Which cult musician initiated No Music Day?4 Which...

The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan review – sharp-eyed follow-up to Exciting Times

Marriage is a dare and coupledom is complicated in this perceptive take on modern loveCoupledom, for the 22-year-olds in Naoise Dolan’s debut, Exciting Times, is a fraught endeavour that can at best grant you temporary reprieve from the terror of you...

Bruce Willis’s daughter says family ascribed his dementia to ‘Hollywood hearing loss’

As an adolescent, Tallulah Willis thought her father’s unresponsiveness was due to a lack of interest in her life – and Die HardOne of the daughters of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore has written about her father’s dementia in a lengthy essay for Vogue.T...

Cannes film festival: the best red carpet looks part two – in pictures

From Julia Garner’s old-Hollywood glamour to Elsa Hosk’s optical illusion gown, from feathers to the burnt to the bin-bag look, fashion’s ingenuity shone bright Continue reading...

Crossword roundup: an appetite for Welsh cuisine and Welsh pets

We move from cheese to dogs in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic cluesIn the sample clues below, the links take you to explainers from our beginners series. The setter’s name often links to an interview with him or her, in case you fee...

Crossword book club: Michael Gilbert’s Close Quarters

A crossword is the key to identifying a murderer in a whodunnit unlike any otherClose Quarters was published in 1947. But it ends like this:He felt an overwhelming desire for a steak – done red – and a pint of milk stout. Since it was the summer of 1...

Crossword blog: what do Aretha and Jethro have in common?

Names suggesting nobility and excellence in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic cluesIn the sample clues below, the links take you to explainers from our beginners series. The setter’s name often links to an interview with him or her, in...

Crosswords that are too puzzling and an Agatha Christie mystery

We consider clues that are harder than they were supposed to be and Hugh Laurie’s TV adaptation of Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? It’s hard to take issue with Hugh Laurie, though that’s what I’m about to do.Specifically, it’s hard to take issue with Hugh...

Azed slip No 2,636

1 T. Anderson (CLOWN AROUND): Act in panto perhaps vulgar, not entertaining for everyone (low + U in non). Continue reading...

Azed slip No 2,634

1 C. J. Brougham: Take in salt with one? Do! (r in tar a + diddle, & lit.; ref. ‘take with a pinch of salt’). Continue reading...