Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Contents

22 October 2015: Issue 25

Week in Brief            

meal with a view photo:Jasper Fell Clark
meal with a view –  photo: Jasper Fell-Clark

UK

International

Financial

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

Too deep in to criticiseScan0018

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

“Empires and Emperors”

Solution to last week’s crossword”Heavens Above”

Earlier Editions

Issue 20: 17 September 2015A medium 600x271 stamp prompting the reader to join the subscription list

Issue 21: 24 September 2015

Issue 22: 1 October 2015

Issue 23: 8 October 2015

Issue 24: 15 October 2015

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