Bridge in the News!

Women play bridge in 1942, during the game’s heyday. 'This is an activity that will die along with its aficionados unless something is done soon.' Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis

There have been a spate of exciting articles in the mainstream news about Bridge in recent weeks - here are some links in case you missed them!

Bridge - Not Chess - Is the Ultimate War Game

From the Wall Street Journal, this article discusses the historic precedent for many high-achieving persons playing Bridge to keep their mental faculties sharp!

Is bridge the latest twee pastime to get hip?

From The Independent, a discussion of why perhaps a younger set of people are becoming interested in Bridge.

Was the world's oldest deck of cards any fun?

Boing Boing explores what games players might have used a deck of cards for in the earliest days of card games.

How to revive bridge: change its name, make it extreme, add a naked Kim Kardashian

From the Guardian's Stephen Moss, a (tongue-in-cheek?) list of suggested improvements for our game.