30 July 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS CHILD ABUSE: Cabinet Office papers have been discovered which show that the Head of MI5 wrote to the Cabinet Secretary in 1986 about an MP said to have ‘a penchant for small boys’. MI5’s concern was the security and political risks involved. The documents contain references to… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
Month: July 2015
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News
30 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS EGYPT: Nineteen people were drowned when a cargo boat collided with a Nile river boat. A second Suez canal, 72km (45 miles) long, has been built in twelve months. The depth of the original canal has been increased to 20m (66ft) to allow bigger ships. With two canals,… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 Financial Week In Brief
30 July 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS & THE CITY SMART COP: Great Scotland Yard, historical home of the Metropolitan Police, though government offices for many years, has been sold by Galliard, a development firm, to Lulu Group International, the international business vehicle of Indian tycoon Yusuffali Kader. Galliard are converting the building to a… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 Financial Week In Brief
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 This Could Never Happen
30 July 2015 This could never happen by Neil Tidmarsh Imagine a powerful armed force has invaded Ireland (let’s call them ICIC – a European movement akin to the KKK). They’ve swept Eire’s military aside and are heading north, towards the UK. All that’s holding them back are irregular bands of a hastily re-formed IRA,… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 This Could Never Happen
Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Labour in Vain
30 July 2015 Labour in Vain by J R Thomas In another article in this week’s Shaw Sheet, we look at the exciting world of opera in modern Britain. Followers of politics in the UK may be under the impression that they are watching a live opera, albeit without the singing (so far), as the… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Labour in Vain
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 The view from the M20
30 July 2015 The view from the M20 by Neil Tidmarsh A motorway which has been turned into a car-park is a very strange sight indeed. The stillness and the silence are truly surreal. Movement – fast movement – and noise – loud noise – are two of the things which define a motorway (even… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 The view from the M20
Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Getting our desserts
30 July 2015 Getting our desserts by Chin Chin I don’t know how the directors of Booking.com spend their holidays, but they must be rather tedious if the approach taken by their website is anything to go by. A couple of years ago I decided to stay at Montreuil–sur-Mer for the first night of a… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Getting our desserts
Issue 13: 2015 07 30: The fat lady has gone
30 July 2015 The fat lady has gone by J R Thomas The opera, they say, ain’t over until the fat lady sings. But that was then, this is now. The fat lady, fans of Covent Garden may remember, is no longer acceptable on the Royal Opera House stage. As far back as 2004, Deborah… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30: The fat lady has gone
Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Communication the modern way
30 July 2015 Communication the modern way; how to really get in touch. by Lynda Goetz When I went out the other day, carrying my mobile (as usual), it sprang into life (as usual) as I left the village. It seemed that a number of people had been trying to get in touch. Where I… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Communication the modern way
Issue 13: Crossword – Cheers
30 July 2015 Crossword by Boffles Cheers To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 13: Crossword – Cheers – printable
30 July 2015 Crossword by Boffles Cheers Across 1 Beer that went down well in part of the Empire (3) 3 Add VS and you have a quality brandy (2) 5 Rice wines (5) 10 Variety of sherry (7) 11 Whisky galore island (5) 12 Bond liked… Continue reading Issue 13: Crossword – Cheers – printable
Issue 12: Crossword – A spot of literature – solution
23 July 2015 Crossword by Boffles A spot of literature – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 12: 2015 07 23 Contents
23 July 2015: Issue 12 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Signals from the Past by Neil Tidmarsh That fading photo of a Nazi salute More of the President’s People by J.R.Thomas A further look round the starting paddock at the Presidential hopefuls Viva La Siesta! Viva la Diferencia! by Neil Tidmarsh Celebrating the diversity of Europe Features Whatever… Continue reading Issue 12: 2015 07 23 Contents
