To celebrate the New Year, we bring you a brand-new puzzle called Concept-Cross.
In our November issue of Big, we tested the waters and asked you puzzlers for feedback. Now that we’ve read your replies, we’re in no doubt that this puzzle is going to be a big hit.
The clues are written in a slightly [more…]
Christmas is just around the corner and feasting is one of the most pleasurable ways to celebrate the season.
Turkey, ham and mince pies spring to mind when I picture my table on Christmas day, however there are many forms of ‘Christmas fare’ eaten around the world.
Kiviak is a gastronomical Christmas treat from Greenland and [more…]
Many years ago James and I travelled around Australia in a double-decker bus which had been converted into a home. Now we’re repeating history except that we’ll be in a motorhome and we’re about 30 years older.
We’re hitting the road next month to meet and greet our NSW puzzlers on The Lovatts Across & [more…]
Since asking for feedback about your favourite books, I’ve discovered that you puzzlers have a passion for reading.
Vanezza Kirkaldy loves to spend time in the library and re-reads good books. “One that really brought the tears was The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks” she writes. She also loves Frank Dalby Davison’s Dusty and Man Shy [more…]
Now that winter’s here, how tempting it is to stay at home and rug up warm and cosy. Wrapped up in a duvet*, perhaps. What if you could actually wear your duvet?
Sounds too good to be true, especially if you’re one of those hothouse plants that really feels the cold, but a small Australian [more…]
When James and I first started compiling crosswords, back in the 70s, we found that nearly all crosswords used those odd words that you only ever see in crosswords – such as ambo (an oblong pulpit), arras ( a wall hanging to conceal an alcove), eyot or ait (isle in a river) or umiak [more…]
Weve often called our puzzles ‘food for thought’ and highlighted the links between a healthy mind and a healthy body.
Now we’ve gone a step further and invited lifestyle guru Annette Sym to give us the lowdown on healthy eating.
Annette, as well as being an excellent cook, is an Australian public speaker and author. You [more…]
We recently had a letter from a reader querying one of our clues about her favourite book Rosy Is My Relative by Gerald Durrell.
Lynne Watts writes: “This book is my favourite and I have kept my tattered copy for 30 years, recently my daughter found me another in an old shop and they have [more…]
Welcome to our new-look website, which our Webmaster has been slaving over day and night, to make it user-friendly and fun to take part in. Read the latest news about Lovatts puzzles and gremlins, have your say in the Mailbag, and comment on other readers’ letters. You can order your subscriptions here too and [more…]
