Month: October 2015

Issue 25:2015 10 22: Charging for museums

22 October2015 Charging for Museums A tourist turn off or tough necessity? by Lynda Goetz Hurry, hurry, if you want to see the historic sites of Greece or gain entry to their museums! Prices will be going up significantly from April next year. Greece announced last week that it would be increasing the prices of… Continue reading Issue 25:2015 10 22: Charging for museums

Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Review RED ARMY

22 October 2015 RED ARMY (dir. Gabe Polsky, cert. 15)  Film review by Neil Tidmarsh A documentary film? About ice hockey? About the Soviet Army ice hockey team? No, no, wait, please don’t click off this page (at least not yet). It really is a terrific film. Honestly. It’s about so much more than ice… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Review RED ARMY

Issue 25: 2015 10 22:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL

22 October 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL BURMA: President Thein Sein signed ceasefire agreements with eight ethnic groups after decades of civil war. Another seven ethnic groups are still fighting against the Burmese army. A peace activist was arrested for posting online an image of a man standing on a portrait of a general. A… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL

Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A real “who’s your father?”

22 October 2015 A Real “Who’s Your Father?” Genetic testing brings unwelcome surprises by Chin Chin We all enjoy the drama of the law courts – the Somerset case which was regarded as abolishing slavery in the UK, the Bloody Assizes of Judge Jeffreys, the Lady Chatterley trial, the Oscar Wilde libel case. We like… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A real “who’s your father?”

Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A rumbling of tumbrils

22 October 2015 A Rumbling of Tumbrils What Blairite Labour MPs need to do to avoid the slaughter. by John Watson Perhaps it was Batman. Perhaps it was Superman. After so many years it is hard to remember which. Still, the story in the comic was a vivid one. The inhabitants of a futuristic city… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A rumbling of tumbrils

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The Shaw Sheet is:  A new, non-partisan online weekly magazine dealing with politics and current affairs  Still in a fledgling state. Although we have been going about six months we are still developing  Looking for letters/ideas/ contributions Are you:  Bursting with good ideas?  Keen to contribute to public debate? … Continue reading introduction to Shaw Sheet

Issue 23: 2015 10 08 Contents

08 October 2015: Issue 23 Week in Brief UK International Financial Breaking news The Shaw Sheet interactive crossword now works! Comment More Mayor by J R Thomas Zac, Saviq and even Georgeous George. BEPS report published by John Watson The dash to fill the holes between the tax laws. Really? by Neil Tidmarsh Dark ironies lurk… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08 Contents

Issue 24: 2015 10 15 International News

15 October 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AUSTRIA:  The anti-immigration far-right Freedom Party gained 31% of the vote in the election for Vienna’s mayor.  The Social Democrat’s Michael Häupl was re-elected with 39% of the vote. BELARUS:  President Lukashenko was elected for a fifth term, winning 80% of the vote in the presidential election. … Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15 International News

Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Week in Brief: UK

15 October 2015 Week in Brief: UK LEON BRITTAN:  The Metropolitan police have apologised to Lady Brittan, the widow of Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, for their failure to inform the Brittans that rape allegations against Lord Brittan had been abandoned before Lord Brittan’s death from cancer. An investigation by the BBC’s “Panorama” programme has cast… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 24: 2015 10 15: The Right to bear arms

15 October 2015 The Right to Bear Arms by J.R.Thomas Sometimes one just says things without thought or pause which cause sharp intakes of breath and sideways glances among your audience. And you think “What? What? Why has that caused such surprise?”. That must be slightly how Ben Carson, GOP Presidential contender and current second… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15: The Right to bear arms

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