18 February 2016: Issue 41
Week in Brief
Comment
Maskirovka by Neil Tidmarsh
In Russia, the season for masks isn’t over yet.
Trouble at the Folgate by J. R. Thomas
Choppy waters for the rest of Boris’s rule.
Bye Bye Indie by John Watson
The ringing of the bells of change.
Are worries about banks overstated by Frank O’Nomics
CoCos for conversion?
Vellum is for ever (well nearly) by Lynda Goetz
Is £80,000 per annum really such a waste?
Features
The bald facts by J. R. Thomas
The hairs to power
War and Peace by Neil Tallstory
A thoroughly up to date version.
The curse of the Pharoahs by Chin Chin
How many will die this time?
Clever Dogs by Princess Lottie of Islington
(with help from Frank O’Nomics)
The Ngalawa Cup by Alexander Nimmo
Part 2 of a sailing adventure in the Indian Ocean.
Review
the Basin Botanical Gardens, Wanganui is reviewed by John Watson
Crossword
Solution to the last crossword “War and Peace”