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The theme of our virtual meeting was ‘Jigsaws Great and Small’, and we kicked off in style with three Zoom talks – from Maria, on small puzzles, Julia on postcard puzzles, and Mike on the history of large cardboard puzzles

Who knew that being sent to Coventry would be so much fun? We soon settled in to our new venue, and the theme of ‘Favourite Puzzles’ unsurprisingly brought out a dazzling display of vintage and modern puzzles from 17 club

As we have come to expect, club members started puzzling on flickr, and posting photos, well before the weekend officially began. Perhaps the short daylight hours encouraged us to puzzle early, puzzle often?  Snow featured heavily, with puzzles of ice

There was a nostalgic flavour to this issue of Jigsaw Pieces, from the front cover to Kerstin’s touching fairy tale at the end. There were reports on two meetings, in Glenfield and Market Harborough, and two Show and Tells, on

Meeting friends to puzzle together and share information about puzzles is a key part of what the BCD is about. So it’s encouraging that attendance is gradually increasing again after the pandemic. It was good to welcome back one of

Two Show and Tells (Jigsaws which Tell a Story and Dance, Music and Performance) made for an especially colourful autumn issue. One mystery puzzle inspired some interesting puzzle research by Martin, Frances and Jackie. Members with an interest in vintage

Numbers at meetings are gradually going up again – it was a pleasure to welcome back old friends and to enjoy the company of several members who hadn’t attended one of our meetings before. Covid hasn’t gone away, of course;