I was just about to take a bite of my hot buttered toast this morning when it slipped through my fingers and landed on the floor… buttered side down.
Although my outlook on life is generally optimistic, I found myself thinking of that well known expression with the underlying message that if anything can go [more…]
At Lovatts we pride ourselves on producing crossword and puzzle magazines of the highest quality and we try our best to avoid errors. While we do always check our puzzles, the occasional mischievous gremlin sneaks in and upsets a clue.
A gremlin is a mythical creature, a cheeky invisible sprite responsible for causing unexplained disorder [more…]
Thank you so much for selecting me as a Super Sudoku prize winner. I was very excited since I don’t tend to win anything in raffles or sweeps or whatever – in fact, the last thing I can remember winning was a side of lamb back in 1971. That was more of a problem than [more…]
Every industry has its own jargon and the rag trade is no exception. Puzzler Rose Riordan recently wrote to say she was flicking through a clothing catalogue and realised she needed a dictionary to work out what was on offer.
I see what she means. I picked up a current catalogue, and read ‘marled cable [more…]
When we hear the story of the Tasmanian teenager who met the 33 year old State Minister for Education when she was only 15 and married him two years later, we feel this could be a partnership doomed to failure in the future. Yet this particular couple went on to have 12 children and [more…]
Hot on the heels of Tasty Trivia comes Royal Fever …
With the upcoming wedding of William & Kate on April 29, Royal Fever is upon us. But how much do you really know about royalty?
YouPlay.com, the online gaming arm of Lovatts Interactive, has released Royal Fever Trivia, an iPhone App containing over 900 [more…]
Nearly all the words associated with the classical music world come from the ancient Greek language, with a few Roman terms thrown in.
In the days of ancient Greece, the earliest form of drama was a series of odes, sung and danced by a chorus directly in front of the stage. This area became known [more…]
Wills and Kate
“When I am king, dilly, dilly, you shall be queen..” as the song goes. Titles of kings and queens sometimes crop up as crossword clues, so here’s some royal trivia.William and Kate will be tying the knot this month and her surname will officially be Windsor. Kate will be known as [more…]
