Crossword Masterclass for Aspiring Setters and Advanced Solvers
Brighton, Saturday 9 November 2019
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A message from Guardian setter Boatman:
Category: Announcements
Blog Theme
I have tweaked the theme that I was using on a temporary basis, and plan to keep it for the foreseeable future.
Site Downtime
Back in Business
The site has been transferred, but there is a problem with customisation of the theme I was using, so I have temporarily switched to this one. I will try to add the Saturday, Sunday and Monday posts to this site this evening.
Site Updates
Earlier today I upgraded the site to php 5.6, which then enabled me to upgrade to WordPress 5.2. Buoyed on (or is that lulled into a false sense of security) by this success I decided to tackle the upgrade of MySQL to version 5.7, something about which I have been receiving daily reminders for several months. … Continue reading
Sloggers and Betters XV
Sloggers and Betters XV
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| What? | The 15th annual “Sloggers and Betters” gathering for crossword setters and blog contributors and readers will take place in London, following on, as in previous years, from the annual lunch for Times setters. Start by looking in the Parliament bar (first door on the right) or just outside (depending on the weather) – fellow cruciverbalists are not hard to find. |
Site Access
I have received reports that several users have had difficulty in getting past the DDos screen in Cloudflare. This mainly affects those using, for a variety of reasons, the dreadful Internet Explorer browser. As many are unable to use a better browser, like Edge, Firefox, Chrome or Opera, I have removed the “under attack” status. … Continue reading
Spring Masterclass (May 2019)
Crossword Masterclass for Aspiring Setters and Advanced Solvers
Brighton, Saturday 4 May 2019
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A message from Guardian setter Boatman:
10 Glorious Years
Birthday Bash
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The blog will have been going for 10 years on 28th January and to celebrate we will be having our usual Birthday Bash, at the same venue as last year. Come along and join us at The Bridge House, 13 Westbourne Terrace Road, London, W2 6NG on the 26th January – any time between 12 noon and 7.00 pm. Continue reading “10 Glorious Years”
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all our readers
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Big Dave and the team of bloggers would once again like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
A special thank you to all the crossword setters, especially to those who have taken the time to leave comments on the blog, and to Chris Lancaster, as he nears the end of his first year as Puzzles Editor, and his team at Telegraph Puzzles. This year has seen the introduction of the first stage of the revamped puzzles site – it’s had its ups and downs but, on balance, has been successful.
If you are one of several thousand lurkers that visit the site every day – why not break cover and say hello!
Cloudflare – 31-10-2018
Update – 01-11-2018
Well, it was good while it lasted. The gremlins hit this afternoon, so the site is now back under the protection of Cloudflare!
In an attempt to resolve the current problems with caching I have changed the site so that it no longer uses Cloudflare. … Continue reading