
Author (@DHAbooks); screenwriter; editor @guardian crossword; compiler, quizzes & Everyman puzzle (@ObserverUK)
Joined November 2006
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Alan Connor retweeted
The lawn outside the Radcliffe Camera had a trim today 🌱
No, it’s not AI.
Designed and carefully cut by James from our University Parks Estates team.
📷 Instagram | Jimigk13
Alan Connor retweeted
Michael Gove & Jon Sopel win the Spectator's BBC debate against Charles Moore & Allison Pearson. 57% of the audience voted to Defend the Beeb, rather than Defund it.
More @spectator events can be found at events.spectator.co.uk – at London, England
Alan Connor retweeted
This lovely little book is a quirky but practical guide, covering questions book-lovers might have about looking after their books at home!
Written by an expert @bodleianlibs librarian, no less.
Alan Connor retweeted
Premiere of Ada in Ealing at the @RoyalAlbertHall June 24th. An epic piece I've composed with lyrics by @MichaelRosenYes who's performing with a choir of 1200 kids, Ealing Symphony Orchestra +Ealing Youth Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra +EMS ensembles. More info
laurarossi.com/ada-in-ealing…
Alan Connor retweeted
The new Observer has gone to press.
Buy your copy, available across the country, tomorrow morning.
observer.co.uk/print
Genuinely touched by this, everyone. Best World Book Day ever. penguin.co.uk/books/458388/1…
Alan Connor retweeted
In this weekend's @theipaper, #Inquisitor 1896: Alphabets by Phi; and Solution to 1894: In the Groove by Kruger @dzharrison @olyduff @alanconnor @SquareRoutes @Mickhodgkin @somsram @Jon_Summers @Tilsit @jenlion @paulybengali @TheShaunWallace @MarkLabbett @bones_giles @ITVChase
Alan Connor retweeted
Really enjoyed hearing @alanconnor talk about 188 WORDS FOR RAIN on @BBCRadio4. People often trot out the dubious truism about the Inuit having umpteen words for snow to me, but it seems we Brits have cornered the market for rain!
‘Puzzles give you order in a chaotic world’: meet the setters behind your favourite conundrums theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
Alan Connor retweeted
In this weekend's @theipaper, #Inquisitor 1887: Song 2 by eXtent, a question of Gravity (Solution 1885) and - oi! Hoppit! - interloper alert in Clue Corner @dzharrison @olyduff @alanconnor @SquareRoutes @Mickhodgkin @somsram @Jon_Summers @Tilsit @proXimalBoz @serpent_xwords
Alan Connor retweeted
In the new @Cambridge_Uni CAM magazine [alumni.cam.ac.uk/magazine/is…], Non-conformist by Nimrod: alumni.cam.ac.uk/magazine/is… @dzharrison @TimLihoreau @FrankMPaul @mc_rapper67 @Tilsit @Jon_Summers @alanconnor
Alan Connor retweeted
In this weekend's new-look @theipaper, #Inquisitor 1886: Talk Among Yourselves by Ifor, weighing up the odds (Solution 1883) and, what's this?, a squatter in Clue Corner @dzharrison @olyduff @alanconnor @SquareRoutes @Mickhodgkin @somsram @Jon_Summers @Tilsit
Wind is the baddy, rain is the patsy.
188 Words for Rain by Alan Connor
It includes the Welsh rhyme:
Morus y gwynt ac Ifan y glaw
Daflodd fy nghap i ganol y baw
thetimes.com/article/2274b33…





















