The inquest is being widely reported,Nick Grey wrote:I was saddened to see the BBC report & read the web for the inquest into the death of Michael Uriely from chronic asthma.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03 ... d-chronic/
amongst others
The inquest is being widely reported,Nick Grey wrote:I was saddened to see the BBC report & read the web for the inquest into the death of Michael Uriely from chronic asthma.
Another political commentator, Steve Richards, wrote: "Theresa May's main UK opponent is @NicolaSturgeon -and she is a formidable opponent. In their game of chess I predict Sturgeon will win."Stewart Reuben wrote:Dominic Lawson's column in the Sunday Times 19 March was headed
Chess master Sturgeon Attacks, but her pieces are in total disarray
The whole column is full of chess imagery including: But speaking with my own little mandate as the (elected) president of the English Chess Federation...
When Kilcline signed for Swindon Town in 1994, he politely declined the Premier League club’s offer to put them up in a local hotel and instead decided to live on a canal. “Lynn must have looked at 50 narrow boats because the criteria was I had to be able to stand up in one,” Kilcline says, smiling. “We found one, a Liverpool boat, and it was moored on Osney Mill Marina, in Oxford. The lads knew about it. I remember having a game of chess against Andy Mutch on the boat once."
Now immortalised in a David Squires cartoon in the same newspaper.JustinHorton wrote:Brian Kilcline in the Guardian:
When Kilcline signed for Swindon Town in 1994, he politely declined the Premier League club’s offer to put them up in a local hotel and instead decided to live on a canal. “Lynn must have looked at 50 narrow boats because the criteria was I had to be able to stand up in one,” Kilcline says, smiling. “We found one, a Liverpool boat, and it was moored on Osney Mill Marina, in Oxford. The lads knew about it. I remember having a game of chess against Andy Mutch on the boat once."
ES Views: EU is cherry-picking on security and intelligenceColin P. Clarke wrote:Russia is a nation of master chess players, and its foreign policy typically looks two or three “moves ahead.” But its deepening involvement in the Middle East morass means that Moscow has now chosen sides in a sectarian conflict abroad—a strategy that could lead to tragedy at home.
[I wonder if the tendency to use chess metaphors and analogies increased during wartime or other times of conflict (political and military)? Maybe someone will one day look at this in relation to past wars?]Reader's letter regarding Brexit from a Simon Diggins wrote:We are heading for a spectacular checkmate, a “fool’s mate” in two moves. Evidently, there is no Boris Spassky in charge at No 10.
Though oddly David (who supports the Robins) locates the game in Swindon, whereas I was under the impression it must have taken place in Oxford.Ian Kingston wrote:Now immortalised in a David Squires cartoon in the same newspaper.JustinHorton wrote:Brian Kilcline in the Guardian:
When Kilcline signed for Swindon Town in 1994, he politely declined the Premier League club’s offer to put them up in a local hotel and instead decided to live on a canal. “Lynn must have looked at 50 narrow boats because the criteria was I had to be able to stand up in one,” Kilcline says, smiling. “We found one, a Liverpool boat, and it was moored on Osney Mill Marina, in Oxford. The lads knew about it. I remember having a game of chess against Andy Mutch on the boat once."