Author (@DHAbooks); screenwriter; editor @guardian crossword; compiler, quizzes & Everyman puzzle (@ObserverUK)

Joined November 2006
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Michael Gove & Jon Sopel win the Spectator's BBC debate against Charles Moore & Allison Pearson. 57% of the audience voted to Defend the Beeb, rather than Defund it. More @spectator events can be found at events.spectator.co.uk – at London, England
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This lovely little book is a quirky but practical guide, covering questions book-lovers might have about looking after their books at home! Written by an expert @bodleianlibs librarian, no less.
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Crossword people: is the name Ariel in use to your knowledge?
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The new Observer has gone to press. Buy your copy, available across the country, tomorrow morning. observer.co.uk/print
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Genuinely touched by this, everyone. Best World Book Day ever. penguin.co.uk/books/458388/1…
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Well I’m calling it a three. Wordle 1,356 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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In this weekend's @theipaper, #Inquisitor 1896: Alphabets by Phi; and Solution to 1894: In the Groove by Kruger @dzharrison @olyduff @alanconnor @SquareRoutes @Mickhodgkin @somsram @Jon_Summers @Tilsit @jenlion @paulybengali @TheShaunWallace @MarkLabbett @bones_giles @ITVChase
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Alan Connor retweeted
Really enjoyed hearing @alanconnor talk about 188 WORDS FOR RAIN on @BBCRadio4. People often trot out the dubious truism about the Inuit having umpteen words for snow to me, but it seems we Brits have cornered the market for rain!
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In this weekend's @theipaper, #Inquisitor 1887: Song 2 by eXtent, a question of Gravity (Solution 1885) and - oi! Hoppit! - interloper alert in Clue Corner @dzharrison @olyduff @alanconnor @SquareRoutes @Mickhodgkin @somsram @Jon_Summers @Tilsit @proXimalBoz @serpent_xwords
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Bada bing bada boom: Wordle 1,278 3/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Alan Connor retweeted
THIS has to be the greatest washington post headline ever
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In this weekend's new-look @theipaper, #Inquisitor 1886: Talk Among Yourselves by Ifor, weighing up the odds (Solution 1883) and, what's this?, a squatter in Clue Corner @dzharrison @olyduff @alanconnor @SquareRoutes @Mickhodgkin @somsram @Jon_Summers @Tilsit
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Wind is the baddy, rain is the patsy.
188 Words for Rain by Alan Connor It includes the Welsh rhyme: Morus y gwynt ac Ifan y glaw Daflodd fy nghap i ganol y baw thetimes.com/article/2274b33…
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As featured in this ‘delightful’ (The Times) gift idea:
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