Month: September 2015

Issue 21:2015 09 24: The Only Lesson of History…

24 September 2015 The Only Lesson of History… …is that we learn nothing from history. by J R Thomas In 1919, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando and David Lloyd George, the leaders of  the victorious powers in the War to End All Wars, sat down together to sort out Europe.  It was a job… Continue reading Issue 21:2015 09 24: The Only Lesson of History…

Issue 21: Crossword – A spot of painting – printable

24 September 2015 Crossword by Boffles A spot of painting Across     6  Liked his women well-rounded (6)     7  Father of Zeus painted by Goya devouring one of his children (6)     8  Subject of famous Landseer regal painting (4)     9  Season inspiring many including Botticelli (6)   10  Stuart court painter (3,4)… Continue reading Issue 21: Crossword – A spot of painting – printable

Issue21; 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

24 September 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS BURKINO FASO: Soldiers loyal to the ousted president Blaise Compaore took members of the government hostage during a cabinet meeting in Ouagadougou.  General Gilbert Diendere, a former aide to Compaore, has taken power following the coup.  Presidential elections were due on 11 October. CHILE: A three-minute earthquake… Continue reading Issue21; 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Issue 21:2015 09 24: THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM

24 September 2015 THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM (George Farquhar) Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, London SE1 reviewed by Neil Tidmarsh George Farquhar wrote his masterpiece “The Beaux’ Stratagem” over three centuries ago. Would we in the twenty-first century be able to cheer on a pair of aristocratic ne’er-do-wells as they ruthlessly hunt for rich wives? Would a… Continue reading Issue 21:2015 09 24: THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM

Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss

24 September 2015 Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss by J R Thomas The silly season has arrived late this year.  Mr Corbyn was the first to feel the chill blast as his past romantic life (especially with Diane Abbott, now a member of his shadow cabinet) was dissected in the popular press.  As Mr Corbyn… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss

Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: UK

24 September 2015 Week in Brief: UK LABOUR: Major Labour donor, Assem Allam, who has given £720,000 to the party over the last five years, has offered to provide financial support for the formation of a new centre left party or to those Labour MPs who are prepared to defect to the Liberal Democrats. John… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Be Like A Spider

24 September 2015 Be Like A Spider By Chin Chin There is a large spider hanging just outside my window where it moves up and down as the wind touches the gossamer thread from which it is suspended. As it is only a few inches away I can, by moving my head a little, backwards… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Be Like A Spider

Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Schism?

24 September 2015 Schism? Can the differences between the African and American churches be resolved? By John Watson In the eighteenth century the Church of England was described as the Conservative party at prayer, but at the moment it probably has more in common with Labour. That is not just because the Archbishop, a man… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Schism?

Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Power To The People?

24 September 2015 Power To The People? Keeping the role of politicians in context. By John Watson Many of those who in the 1960s demonstrated in the streets crying “Power to the People” would have found it difficult to explain what they meant by it. After all, then as now, we lived in a parliamentary… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Power To The People?

Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY

24 September 2015 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY BREAKDOWN: The extraordinary confession by Volkswagen Group that it had carried out sophisticated amendments to the software which governs its car engine management systems, so that when the engine is under test it will reduce emissions to meet USA standards – which the engines in normal… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY

Issue 21: 2015 09 24: DECLINE AND FALL

24 September 2015 DECLINE AND FALL? by Neil Tidmarsh This week, the EU struck yet another blow against democracy in Europe.  An EU ‘qualified majority vote’ has imposed compulsory immigrant quotas across the zone (though not in Britain, which has an ‘opt-out’).  In other words, the giants France and Germany have forced the smaller countries… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: DECLINE AND FALL

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