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There were fewer attendees than usual, but of course, that meant more cake for everyone, and a chance of bargains at the sales tables. As host Rosie said, ‘It meant a lot to see familiar faces again and altogether it

  The eagerly awaited face-to-face meeting in Binsted was the main theme of Issue 142. The History ‘Show and Tell’ was given prominence, with colourful photos of everything from an ancient chariot race to a political protest in Wales in

Our first face-to-face meeting in 18 months was hosted by our new chair, Pete. It took place in a quintessential Hampshire village, where timber-framed, red-tiled houses nestle round an ancient church. It was wonderful to talk to friends, old and

Pete Day introduced himself as only the third Chair in the BCD’s existence, and explained how Waddington’s Jig-Maps had sparked an early interest in doing and collecting puzzles. Much of the magazine was again taken up with a lavishly illustrated

The biennial American Puzzle Parley for puzzle cutters and collectors was held virtually for the first time in July 2021, and we were all invited! The event is primarily for puzzle cutters to share information; there were talks on topics

Judging purely by the puzzles uploaded on flickr, the world’s most popular holiday destination is… Venice! But there were plenty of others, including Paris, San Francisco, Bled, Delphi, St Moritz, Ljubljana, Victoria Falls and even Arcadia. At a time when

This issue was dedicated to our founder Tom Tyler (1939 – 2020), and contained members’ memories of his immense puzzle knowledge, kindness and naughty sense of humour. There was also an illustrated article from Jackie about the development of the

To compensate for missing the house party, we arranged to puzzle together virtually over a long weekend. We kicked off in style with an illustrated talk on oriental puzzles by Anne, John and Pete, and then there was serious puzzling

Issue 139 was dominated by accounts of the various activities that comprised last November’s Virtual Puzzling Weekend, but also included tributes to two of our members , Honorary Life President Tom Tyler and Terry Walters, aka GrandpaTJ, both of whom

Another fun, informative and engaging weekend’s puzzling was enjoyed by over 40 members back in November. Extensive accounts were published in the recent Jigsaw Pieces Issue 139. Highlights of the weekend were an inspiring presentation by US master jigsaw enthusiast