Month: August 2015

Issue 16: Crossword – Somewhat comic

20 August 2015 Crossword by Boffles Somewhat comic The Editor regrets that due to technical problems, this week’s crossword is currently only available in printable form To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 16: 2015 08 20: Duty Free Sales

20 August 2015 Duty Free Sales- a nasty piece of bullying By John Watson Nature provides us with warning signs. A red sky in the morning is a sign of rough weather. A horse with its ears laid back is likely to kick. If the politicians agree on something it is probably wrong. It is… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: Duty Free Sales

Issue 16:2015 08 2015:letters

20 August 2015 Letter Mr Corbyn’s priorities Sir Yesterday, as a registered supporter of the Labour Party I received an email outlining the offerings of each of the 4 leadership candidates, and 5 deputy leadership candidates. Here is Jeremy Corbyn’s: We can win in 2020, but only if we spend the next five years building… Continue reading Issue 16:2015 08 2015:letters

Issue 16:2015 08 20: Recycling – myths and facts

20 August 2015 Recycling – myths and facts By Lynda Goetz When my mother-in-law died, she left, apart from some beautiful furniture, a couple of drawers full of luxurious bed linen. I was more than happy to take on the care and custody of all these items. Will the same be true of my daughters? So… Continue reading Issue 16:2015 08 20: Recycling – myths and facts

Issue16: 2015 08 20:Fading Icons: The Company Tie

20 August 2015 Fading Icons: The Company Tie by J.R.Thomas   The icons in this series may fade but their corporate colours are still loud and clear. This week we come to an icon which is fading not just metaphorically but, often, literally. Nowadays, only too frequently, these dull but resonant symbols of the loyal… Continue reading Issue16: 2015 08 20:Fading Icons: The Company Tie

Issue 16: 2015 08 20: UK News in Brief

20 August 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS LABOUR LEADERSHIP: Tony Blair has added his voice to those of Jack Straw, Alan Milburn and other big beasts campaigning to prevent Jeremy Corbyn becoming leader of the Labour Party. Mr Corbyn’s position has been reinforced as new voters are signed up, polls indicating that he is… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: UK News in Brief

Issue 16:2015 08 20:Education for all

20 August 2015 Education for all By Serena Sinclair Lord Kenneth Baker who was Education Secretary from 1986 to 1989 told the Sunday Telegraph that the GCSEs are ripe for review. He takes the view that, as all pupils are now obliged by law to stay on in some form of education until 18, GCSEs… Continue reading Issue 16:2015 08 20:Education for all

Issue 16: 2015 08 20: Now I’m a Union Man

20 August 2015 “Now I’m a Union Man” by J R Thomas So sang The Strawbs in 1973, at number two in the charts in February that year. Jeremy Corbyn must be singing the same song in the shower as he contemplates the extraordinary surge of success propelling him towards a clear first round win… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: Now I’m a Union Man

Issue 16: 2015 08 20: BUSINESS AND THE CITY

20 August 2015 News in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY   NOFLATION: The new word for lack of inflation, and indeed, lack of deflation. That seems as though it might continue to be the state of the price indices in the UK for a while yet. Having escaped the fear of deflation last year, the… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: BUSINESS AND THE CITY

Issue 16: 2015 08 20: International News

20 August 2015 News in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS   AUSTRALIA: Surfers’ beaches at Ballina, Lennox Head and Bondi Beach have been abandoned following shark attacks and sightings off the New South Wales coast. BAHRAIN: Ibrahim Sharif, the former head of the opposition National Democratic Action Society, is facing new charges of urging the overthrow of the… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: International News

Issue 16: 2015 08 20:MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION

20 August 2015 Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation by Neil Tidmarsh Which kind of spy thriller would you prefer to watch? a) An old-fashioned, pre digital-age movie where the athletic hero captures the crucial top secret information by breaking into the evil genius’s headquarters, beating up the guards, out-running the vicious guard-dogs, blasting open the… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20:MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION

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