Month: November 2015

Issue 30: 2015 11 26: Bonkers Bankers

26 November 2015 Bonkers Bankers by M J Horast If bankers were a racial minority, a religious grouping or of unusual sexual determination, the Chartered Banker Institute (bankers, not understanding the proper use of the apostrophe, seem to have simply abandoned the expected ‘s) would be protesting in the strongest possible terms about the portrayal… Continue reading Issue 30: 2015 11 26: Bonkers Bankers

Issue 30:2015 11 26: Serious Consequences

26 November 2015 Serious Consequences President Putin reaches for the Paracetamol. Again. By Neil Tidmarsh President Putin has promised that there will be “serious consequences” to the shooting down of the Russian Sukhoi Su-42 fighter jet by Turkish F-16 jets yesterday.  While reactions to the event are likely to be rapid – this article may… Continue reading Issue 30:2015 11 26: Serious Consequences

Issue 29: Crossword – Any Fule Kno

19 November 2015 Crossword by Boffles Any Fule Kno   To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 29: 2015 11 19: The Art of Procuring

19 November 2015 The Art of Procuring By John Watson Try covering up a roof with not quite enough felt.  Stretch it to cover the right edge, and the left edge becomes uncovered.  Pull that side up, and a split opens down the middle.  However many compromises you make, you always need just a little… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19: The Art of Procuring

Issue 29: 2015 11 19: Paris

19 February 2015 Paris Blocking the road from hell By John Watson The thinking behind the outrage in Paris is hard to understand.  This was no assault on the bastions of the capitalist and military establishment.  It was an attack on innocent people enjoying a pleasant evening out.  “Thank God it’s Friday” many of them… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19: Paris

Issue 29:2015 11 19: Macbeth

19 November 2015 Macbeth (Director: Justin Kurzel. Certificate: 15) reviewed by Neil Tidmarsh Don’t be dismayed by the credits “Screenplay by Todd Louiso, Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie” and “Based on ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare” – this film is authentic Shakespeare through and through. All the words are Shakespeare’s, even if not all Shakespeare’s words are there. Cuts… Continue reading Issue 29:2015 11 19: Macbeth

Issue 29: 2015 11 19: On Yer Bikes

19 November 2015 On Yer Bikes by J R Thomas The reign of King Boris is coming to a close; the age of the comedians may be over.  For sixteen years London’s Mayors have been rebels, men outside the mainstream, cheeky chappies popular with the public, if less so with their party leaders.  It looks… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19: On Yer Bikes

Issue 29: 2015 11 19 UK news

19 November 2015 Week In Brief: UK NEWS PARIS:  Britain has been stunned by the terrorist killings in France and there has been widespread public sympathy.  The Duke of Cambridge attended the friendly football match between England and France at Wembley to demonstrate solidarity with the French.  The stadium was lit up in the French… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19 UK news

Issue 29:2015 11 19: Noises Off

19 November 2015 Noises Off by J.R.Thomas It is often said that it is much easier to lose an election than to win one. The leaders of the GOP are rapidly becoming convinced of that, so the frantically flailing Washington rumour mill has it. The contest ought to be looking so different at the moment.… Continue reading Issue 29:2015 11 19: Noises Off

Issue 29: 2015 11 19:L’Affaire des Chemises Arrachées

19 November 2015 L’Affaire des Chemises Arrachées by Richard Pooley Until the appalling slaughter in Paris on Friday night buried all other news in France (even the death of at least 11 people, including perhaps children, in the first accident in the 35-year history of the Train à Grande Vitesse), one of the main talking… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19:L’Affaire des Chemises Arrachées

Issue 29: 2015 11 19:Blessed are the Peace-Makers

19 November 2015 Blessed are the Peacemakers History is being made by good men in Vienna, not by bad men in Paris. By Neil Tidmarsh The terrible events in Paris have understandably and quite properly knocked everything else off the front pages this week. But it’s worth turning the spotlight back onto the Syrian peace… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19:Blessed are the Peace-Makers

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