This Ravensburger puzzle, with high-quality (though slightly loose-fitting) pieces, is a montage inspired by adverts from the 1960s, showing the modern conveniences that every would-be domestic diva dreams of: washing machines, vacuum cleaners, household cleaning products and more efficient steam irons. All the women are depicted with big happy grins, as if making the perfect [...]

This 1000-piece puzzle, comprising four of Cicely Mary Barker’s 1920s pictures of fairies in different seasons, may look pretty, what with all those flowers and delicate little fairy wings. But it was a nightmare trying to put it all together; every piece was almost identical in shape, and each one was oriented the same way, [...]

Who says jigsaw puzzles can’t be educational? Some puzzlers, of course, might think this pictorial potted history of Britain is a dull subject, but we disagree. It was made by the now defunct Mandolin Puzzles in 1985, so it’s not surprising that a couple of pieces had gone missing, but in a way even that [...]

This was our first attempt at a ‘Wasgij’ puzzle. It wasn’t easy, but neither was it as hard as we’d expected. If in doubt, you should definitely try one, because the finished picture is every bit as hilarious as the clue on the front of the box — all thanks to Graham Thompson’s wonderful artwork