I've been playing chess which is a great game," says Barone. "It's one of the original games, it's very deep, it's a really good game in terms of game design. It is ...

The Red Highway (Black Inc., 288pp; $32.95) begins with a spare, haunting account of the Czech artist Karel Kupka clambering out of a plane and (as the book’s first sentence has it) stepping “for the ...

I am writing philosophy at the moment, but of course in The Philosopher’s Pupil the character talks philosophy en passant rather than as part of ... No, because that has to be invented too, the way in ...

The En Passant Triumph has six steps, the first of which is to complete five chess puzzles in the Unknown Space. To start with, you'll need to find the puzzle. Navigate to Eris Morn's Flat from ...

Here is everything you need to know. The QR code was first invented in 1994 by Japanese engineer Masahiro Hara. At the time, he was working at Denso Wave, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation.

Remember when Donald Trump discovered the word “groceries” and then felt he had to teach us what it meant? “It’s such an old-fashioned term but a beautiful term: groceries,” he said on ...

After nearly 30 years, Zak Starkey has bid farewell to The Who. The drummer, who is the son of Ringo Starr, confirmed his exit from the English rock band after a “serious medical emergency ...

Who was the inventor of Cornell BBQ chicken? Known as Cornell chicken, the recipe was invented in the mid-20th century by Robert Baker, a poultry science academic who spent 19 years as director of ...

If you believe ESPN, the guys who are just now entering the Cleveland Browns quarterback room might as we not bother even finding a comfortable chair. And for the sake of headline-grabbing, that ...

Countries united under the World Health Organization on Wednesday agreed to a milestone accord on how to respond to future pandemics and avoid repeating the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis.

Saturday Night Live is coming to the end of a rather momentous season, one which included its 50th anniversary that was as star-studded as anyone could have expected. But as the cast of the long ...