Cryptic crosswords: A puzzling British obsession
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Are these the ultimate brain teasers? Norman Miller explores the appeal of cryptic crosswords – containing mind-bending clues that offer unique Eureka moments.
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Let s begin a playful language journey with a dip into the mind of John Halpern, whose brain-teasing puzzles grace the UK s top newspapers under various pseudonyms. Halpern tells me about the day he met his wife. When she told me her name, the first thing I thought was it s an anagram of entail – though I didn t tell her that! he reveals. Instead I asked where the name came from. She told me Armenia . Most normal people would immediately think: Interesting – tell me something about Armenia . Instead, my first thought was It s the word men inside the word aria . I see wordplay patterns in the street, on the bus, at parties.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.
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Ahead of International Women s Day on Monday March 8, get to know some of the figures who have made an incredible impact on our great county and the wider world.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Very few of us will be able to achieve a ‘first’ in any given field – unlike Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, who was not only the first woman in Britain to qualify as a doctor, but was also the first woman to be elected as a mayor in England. In addition to this, she was also the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board, and the first dean of a British medical school.
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