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Month: November 2015
Issue 27: Crossword – In the news
05 November 2015 Crossword by Boffles In the news To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 27:2015 11 05:Week in Brief International
05 November 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: In the aftermath of last week’s 7.5 magnitude earthquake which killed at least 370 people and injured more than 2000, the Taliban are taking over Darqand in Takhar province. An ex-inmate of Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost, is the new leader of Isis in Afghanistan. A… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05:Week in Brief International
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: The Light At The Top Of The Tree
05 November 2015 The Light At The Top Of The Tree By John Watson Most people, if they were asked about Lord Raglan, would start talking about sleeves; and indeed the style was invented for him by Aquascutum so that he could better use his sword in battle, his right arm having been amputated at… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: The Light At The Top Of The Tree
Issue 27:2015 11 05: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
05 November 2015 Week in Brief: Business and the City LESS MEANS MORE: The cost of increased regulation on the banking sector was set out very clearly in HSBC’s latest (third quarter) results. Profits of the bank were 32% up, to £3.9bn, even though turnover was down 4% to £9.8bn – mainly reflecting discontinuation of… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Colours
05 November 2015 Colours by John Watson Newspapers are like junk shops. It is amongst the rubbish that you find a jewel and there it was this morning. Right alongside an article revealing that sexual desire still matters for over-60s (surely a glance though gossip columns inhabited by cougars and dirty old men makes that… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Colours
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK
05 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK POPULATION FIGURES: The Office for National Statistics predicts that over the next twenty-five years the population of the UK will increase from 64,600,000 to 74,300,000. By then it will have overtaken that of France and, if trends continue, it will overtake that of Germany in 2047. The projected… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 27:2015 11 05: Ban It
05 November 2015 Ban It Go on, Great Leader, you know you want to By Neil Tidmarsh China is overtaking us in the race for the future; it’s already so far ahead that the West is finished and little Britain is no longer significant. So we are told. I’ve never really believed it myself –… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05: Ban It
Issue 27:2015 11 05: Also ran.
05 November 2015 Also Ran by J.R.Thomas Readers following the evolution of the American Presidential nomination race will be strongly of the view that the Democrats are much better organised than the Grand Old Party. On the Democrat side it might have been three candidates but, with the withdrawal of Joe Biden from a race… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05: Also ran.
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: A Fading Strangeness
05 November 2015 A Fading Strangeness By Chin Chin Just how much is 10,000 forint? That’s the Hungarian forint, of course, and to work it out one has to remember the exchange rate. I know, there was a 23 in it somewhere. Divide by 23 perhaps? That would be about £434, rather a lot for… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: A Fading Strangeness
