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Letter
Letter: UK cost of borrowing is higher for a reason
...J Paul Horne Alexandria, VA, US...
March 25, 2024
Letter
Letter: Self-serving policies drive decay in American morale
...J Paul HorneAlexandria, VA, US...
February 9, 2024
FT Live
Business of Entertainment Summit
Capitalizing on Disruption
Thursday, 19 SeptemberLos Angeles, CA
Bridge - Card game
True skill is demonstrated when luck deserts you
...When this loses, East can cash K♠ and lead Q♦, but declarer has time to win A♦, cash J♣, cross to dummy with J♥, and then play A♣ on which he can discard a diamond loser....
March 27, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: aggressive auction leads to ambitious contract requiring expert play
...Either way, South’s J♣ scores his 12th trick....
April 17, 2024
Letter
Letter: Leaders are not mere politicians and this is why
...Patrick J Allen River Forest, IL, US...
April 5, 2024
ReviewNon-Fiction
3 Shades of Blue — the jazz geniuses of mid-century America
...The chapter in which Kaplan tries to get to the bottom of how the band assembled by Davis (Coltrane; Evans; drummer Jimmy Cobb; bassist Paul Chambers; and alto saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley) managed...
March 28, 2024
FT Live
Business Book of the Year Award 2024
The search for the best business book is under way
Monday, 9 December1 Grosvenor Pl, London SW1X 7HJ, UK
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: Silence from opponent marks partner with key card
...East overtakes the lead with A♠ and returns J♠. When this holds the trick, he switches to 10♣. Declarer rises with A♣ and reflects on the play to date....
March 20, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: opponent’s failure to make lead-directing double opens route to bonus trick
...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
February 21, 2024
Person in the News
Sarah J Maas: the ‘romantasy’ writer who could save publishing
...Morgan Entrekin, chief executive of Grove Atlantic, the publisher behind last year’s Booker prize-winner, Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song, agrees. “The boom in [romantasy] has been amazing,” he says....
February 17, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: at duplicate, the contract is usually not the target: maximum tricks is
...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
February 14, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: fine slam relies on controls, long suits and some decent fortune
...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
February 28, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: key play found by assuming trumps split badly and defence is aggressive
...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
January 16, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Evaporation of entry requires early endplay solution
...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
December 13, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: Clear focus on simple ruffing plan ensures key re-entry and no over-ruff
...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
February 1, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Targets matter: do not let your eye or mind stray from it
...If he had four spades to the ace-jack, he would have put in J♠ at trick one, so declarer is marked with four spades....
December 27, 2023
FT Live
Transforming the Finance Function with AI
Strategies for delivering advanced analytics, automation and decision-making
Thursday, 25 AprilDigital Conference
Bridge - Card game
If you want to be a winner, every contract, trick, and card counts
...South put in J♠ and, when West won with A♠, declarer had successfully negotiated all the obstacles. Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
January 23, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Deduction from silence reveals position of missing cards
...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
December 6, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Play for a mis-defence, or take decisive and potentially humiliating action?
...When West passes, North’s forced 2D response promises nothing, but South must hope that North holds something to make game a good shot: a couple of low spades, plus K♥ or J♣ make it pretty much lay-down....
December 18, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: classic problem defeats many club players
...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
November 30, 2023
Letter
Letter: Surprising how the Saudis spend their petrodollars
...J Paul Horne Alexandria, VA, US...
August 23, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Assess losers realistically, then seek to avoid them
...West led J♣; South faces a loser in each of other suits and, crucially, the fourth round of clubs too. Can you foresee what might go wrong?...
November 16, 2023
Bridge - Card game
In case both finesses are wrong, which they are — again — prepare for end position
...Let’s say that East rises with 10♦, J♦ is played and West wins with K♦. If he leads another diamond, it runs to declarer’s ♦A9; if he opts instead for a spade, this runs to South ♠KJ....
November 22, 2023
ReviewFilm
Foe film review — Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in sci-fi that goes soft
...Filmmaker Garth Davis also directed Dev Patel in the popular Lion (2016), a broad but well-judged movie big on both motion and emotion....
October 19, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Awareness of entries, avoidance play, and hand reading bamboozle uneducated robot
...He led J♦ and, when East followed low, he ran it, and it held the trick. What made declarer finesse in diamonds?...
October 12, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Every bid, including passes, can contribute key information
...Lead J♣ from hand, West covers — if he does not, declarer runs the jack — and declarer wins with dummy’s K♣....
September 20, 2023

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