22 October 2015: Issue 25
Week in Brief
Stop Press
Joe Biden hits the lawn by J.R.Thomas
Biden out of race
Comment
Sic Transit George by J R Thomas
A lesson in humility from the Romans
A rumbling of Tumbrils by John Watson
What Blairite Labour MPs must do to avoid the slaughter
Frightened now? by Neil Tidmarsh
….and you thought Halloween was scary!
Guano Politik by Don Urquhart
Features
A Pearl beyond Price by J R Thomas
Watch Bond, but read le Carrée and Price
A real “who’s your father” by Chin Chin
Genetic testing brings unwelcome surprises
Charging for museums by Lynda Goetz
A tourist turnoff or tough necessity?
Review
Red Army (director Gabe Polsky, cert 15), reviewed by Neil Tidmarsh
A documentary? About ice hockey? About the Soviet Army ice hockey team?
Crossword
Solution to last week’s crossword”Heavens Above”