Life on the road: young travelers wander from city to world
A global youth caravan travels by plane, bus, hitchhiking, or road trips from Europe through the Middle East to India. It chronicles Cecily Stewart in Kabul, Mika Gever in Nepal, Ika from Japan, Irish Patrick en route to Goa, and others in Tehran Delhi Benares Kabul and Kandahar. The piece notes charm of Taj Mahal, ancient markets, and risks such as scams and illness amid a culture of barter and travel by Landrover and bikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Middle East
India
Kabul
Afghanistan
Cecily Stewart
Rod
London
New Delhi
Australia
Karmandu
Mika Gever
Nepal
Japan
Ika
Hamburg
Taj Mahal
Patrick
Dublin
Goa
Bombay
Mike
Tony
Tehran
Fondan
Kings Road
Chelsea
Jeff Newse
Myles Teeds
Manila
New York
Asia
Benares
Varanas
Canberra groups resume post holiday schedule
Most Canberra groups are on break or easing into the New Year. Ken Williams Quartet performs tonight at Carlton Lounge Hotel Aimslie Rex and will tour Narooma Golf Club through the week. Continentals play a wedding reception tonight at Deakin Inn Wynrush, resume next Thursday at Catalina Country Club Batemans Bay. Carlton Sound hosts tonight at Queanbeyan Leagues Club and next Friday at a Royal Canberra Golf Club wedding reception. Annlfefaver Brass currently tours Narooma Moruya Batemans Bay. Trio 80 performs tonight at 4 Festivals with vocalist Lyn North. Purple Haze plays Sunday Shindig at the Lithuanian Club Lyneham. Trio Ti Rotary Governors dinner at Canberra Rex Hotel tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Williams
Carlton
Aimslie Rex
Narooma Golf Club
Deakin Inn
Catalina Country Club
Bateman's Bay
Carlton Sound
Queanbeyan
Royal Canberra Golf Club
Annf Lfefaver Brass
Narooma
Moruya
Batemans Bay
Trio 80
Lyn North
Purple Haze
Lyneham
Trio TI Rotary Governmors
Canberra Rex Hotel
Figure it out as J A H Hunter
A handwritten puzzle text on Ted's desk discusses totaling a mystery amount. The narrator, J A H Hunter, hints at digits missing from a price calculation and references a unit price of 137 dollars. The scene ends with a challenge to solve the puzzle by Monday, noting yesterday's answer related to a green door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
The Times Crossword Sparks International Challenge
Roy Dean of Bromley wrote to The Times praising the daily crossword and claiming a 12 468 puzzle solved in 44 minutes. An American reader notes the puzzle’s pun laden clues and wordplay, including anagrams and references to St Clement’s and Melmoth the Wanderer. Dean later solved it in 34 minutes on BBC broadcast, highlighting the puzzle’s serious appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Dean
Bromley
Kent
The
Times of London
Times
Aevew
Dean
St Clement Dane’ S
London
St Clement’s
Melmoth
Charles Faturin
Melmoth the Wanderer
BBC
Ripon
the Times
Puzzle culture and verbal games in English life
A Times letter notes bishops and crossword fans failing to finish puzzles, and quotes Mrs Elizabeth Wansbrough on Monsignor Ronald Knox. The piece praises English verbal prowess across BBC game shows, newspapers, and magazines, citing Ludic word challenges and social debates about language and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wansbrough
Broughton Poggs
Lechlade
Gloucestershire
Ronald Knox
Downs
The
New Statesman
Victoria
Herod
George Vi
William the Conqueror
New Society
Cryptic crossword style clues from 20th century puzzle page
A string of cryptic clues and misprints from a historical newspaper puzzle page. The items feature wordplay on saints, animals, professions, and literary figures, with quirky hints about clues and editors, some with broken spellings and parenthetical notes.
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Delhi
Liliane
Christian
Pars
Air France
Jinda
John
Kandahar
Ith Christobe Munson
Beirut
Generey Strother Martin
Jeff Corey
Henry Jones
Pamavision
Deluxe
Coltebra
Tar
Coe Haldane Newsagency
Iravel Post
Playboys
Wests
Western District
R.U. Club
Catchpole St. Jamison Centre
Carlos
Genthermen
Mayboys
Housie
Houser
Walter Chiari
Peter Cook
Tony Curtis
Leslie
Andy Griffith
Kay Medford
Beau Bridges
Jane Merrow
James Booth
Adam
Ederat
John Mills
Andrew Keir
Tracy Reed
Orien
Ara
AE Roman Cope Pee Oy
Pius
Gates
Tuckerbox
Natalie Wood
Henry Fonda
Lauren Bacall
Mel Ferrer
Auane
Canberra
Friedrich Darrenc
Anne Godfrey-Smith
Rep
Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekov
Riverside
Barton
Canberra Theatre Centre
Northern Territory Pictorial Display
National
J. A. H. Hunter
Andy
School of Ballet
Betty Laws
Royal Academy of Dancing
RAD
Civic
Curtin
Manuka
Modern Jazz
Oarons
Mr Dean
Anthony Lewis
BBC Television
U Thant
Simone de Beauvoir
Charles Chaplin
Margaret Mead
Marshal McLuhan
Elizabeth Taylor
Bank of England
New York Times News Service
Browning
Tom Moore
Fleet Street
Leedstne
Marvin Eastwood
Ceberg
Fay Walston
Harvepresnell
Panamn
Mimosa Film
Tulsa
Winston Graham
David Hemmings
Samantha Eggar
Emlyn Williams
Phyllis Calvert
Ferdy Mayne
Samantha
Hilly Sinister
Peter O'Toole
Susannsh York
Meckere
Ares
Camilla
Massey Borges
Meredith
Walla
Virna List
Peter McEnery
Robert Redford
Katharine Ross
Robert Blake
Susan Clark
Duncan Greenwood
Robert King
Jayce Goodes
the Playhouse
Canberra Theatre
Bourdiers
Deails
Cherie
Udley Moore
Daly-Wilson
Parlato IN
Sette Fratelli Cervi
Con Don Back
Rossano Lanerossi
Isabella Serato
Inostra — Venere
Comedie
Franco & Ciccio
Leonard French
Civic Square
Australian National University
Department of the Interior
Asiemarn Krofft
Martha Raye
Universal Picture
Ghamlengers
ucMl
Apgaland
Darren McGavis
Sean ‘Une Gasier
Richard Conti
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