As is well known, anagrams are ancient. Today, we see them as an interesting genre of wordplay. But they were hardly perceived as such in the past, and to an extent even today. Anagrams of people’s ...

David Balton and Jane Stewart build a puzzle in an orderly fashion. By Caitlin Lovinger ACROSTIC — Today’s passage begins in space and ends in the recesses of our minds, which is no mean feat in some ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Lost Words: Spell Songs is the album of the best-selling and, now, Greenaway-Prize-winning book, a ...

Behind every groundbreaking tool is a visionary. Hans Miedema, the owner and brainchild of BookPublishertools, embarked on his journey with a clear mission: to revolutionize the puzzle creation ...

David Balton and Jane Stewart provide an endearing, confessional puzzle. By Caitlin Lovinger ACROSTIC — Solving this puzzle made me very nostalgic. It’s a passage by David Sedaris, a writer whom I ...