There are many reasons why we enjoy competitions – the glory of being a winner, the recognition for our efforts, the motivation to achieve at a higher level of performance and the skills gained while competing.
According to the Oxford dictionary, competition means ‘the activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by [more…]
In our June BIG and Holiday Collection 73 we asked our puzzlers to write their own acrostic poem and send it in. We have received many creative submissions. Here are some of them:
Gorgeous I’d call you
Wonderful one
Ever a memory
Naïve as the sun
Shy with affection
Cos youth is too lame
Always I’ll love you
None other can tame
Ere [more…]
It is a sad reality that nearly all of us know a person living with dementia and have witnessed the effects this has not only on them, but on their carers, family and friends.
This disease can happen to anybody. Though it is more common after the age of 65, people in their 40s, 50s [more…]
Because food is a basic necessity of life, words for food have probably been around since the first words were invented. The word food itself is an old word, related to fodder and comes from the Old English fodor which in turn came from the Germanic futter.
You may remember I’ve previously written about that [more…]
I have been meaning to get in touch for some years about the frequency a word comes up on TV and it happens to be either the clue or something similar as to what I am about to fill in on a particular crossword, so answering your request. My record with one particular crossword [more…]
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You’ll find that the June issue of Big is dedicated to football because even if you’re not usually a soccer fan, you could get swept up with footy fever. Did you know that football is the most played and most watched sport on Earth?
The 2010 FIFA World Cup, being held in South Africa in [more…]
Many thanks for the crossword magazines which I received together with the erasable pen. My crosswords are my medicine. Here’s an acronym for you. Lots Of Very Attractive Tantalizing Teasing Stinkers
Bob Clarke
Mother’s Day is celebrated in many parts of the world, although on different dates. In Britain it’s on the fourth Sunday of Lent (14th March this year) and is known as Mothering Sunday, The Italians make a big heart-shaped cake when La Festa Della Mamma comes around in May, and mother gets a day [more…]
Okay, I’ve got the message that some of you readers don’t like seeing the word okay in a crossword, because you were taught at school that it’s a slang word and should never be used in polite company.
Since those days, however, the English language has moved on in leaps and bounds. So many of [more…]
