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Can you solve it? That Sally Rooney hat puzzle
Midway though the new Sally Rooney novel, Intermezzo, two of the characters discuss a puzzle about hats. I thought it would make a perfect puzzle for this column, so here it is.
A liar who always lies says “All my hats are green.”
Can we conclude that …
GMB union ‘riddled with misogyny and cronyism’, says former regional chief
GMB must release former female staff members from confidentiality clauses that prevent them speaking publicly about their treatment, a former regional president of the trade union has said.
Cath Pinder, who was suspended from the union for failing to respond to an email and subsequently expelled earlier this year, said …
Luke Littler named on six-strong Sports Personality of the Year shortlist
Luke Littler will have a shot at becoming the youngest winner of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award for more than 60 years, after being named on a six-strong shortlist headed by the Paris 2024 Olympics stars Keely Hodgkinson and Alex Yee.
The England footballer Jude Bellingham, the …
Monday briefing: How the decade-long war in Syria ended almost overnight
Good morning. It’s been only twelve days since rebel groups in Syria seized 15 villages in Aleppo province under the control of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Yesterday, after an astonishing blitzkrieg campaign that has left the leading group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), commanding seven times as much territory as when …
UK ‘needs to play catch-up’ in global race to rewire electricity grids
The UK is lagging behind in the race to rewire the world’s power grids by investing four times more on renewable energy projects than on the electricity cables needed to connect them to the grid and consumers, according to a new report.
For every pound the UK has spent on …
Starwatch: Game of patience as Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak
It is the week of the Geminid meteor shower. Active between 4 and 20 December, the shower will reach its peak on the night of 14-15 December. The chart shows the view looking east from London at 22.00 GMT.
Watching meteors is a game of patience. It is best to …
Tanzania opposition laments its ‘naivety’ over president as repression intensifies
When Samia Suluhu Hassan took office as Tanzania’s president in 2021, many in the east African country hailed what they hoped was a new dawn after the authoritarian and repressive rule of her predecessor John Magufuli.
The signs were positive in her first few years in office: Hassan ended bans …
Jamal Khashoggi’s widow urges Starmer to raise husband’s murder at Saudi meeting
Jamal Khashoggi’s widow has urged Keir Starmer to raise her husband’s murder at his meeting with the Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.
on Monday for talks with the Saudi crown prince as part of a two-day trip to the …UK job vacancies fall at fastest rate since pandemic as business confidence slumps
The number of job vacancies in November fell at the fastest rate since the start of the pandemic, as business confidence slumped to its lowest level in almost two years, according to two new reports.
In a damaging blow to the government efforts to boost growth, the latest monthly report …
‘Beyond our dreams’: exiled Syrian activists set sights on returning home
Nasma and Haleem Kawas met during the first protests in Aleppo against Bashar al-Assad’s rule. In the early days of the 2011 Arab spring, the pair locked eyes at a demonstration calling for the president’s overthrow. Now after 13 years of conflict, broken dreams and exile, the couple are planning …