11 February 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BANKING ON GLOOM: Last week saw further turmoil in the FTSE 100; the index which encompasses the 100 largest companies on the London Stock Exchange. This part of the market has seen wildly fluctuating fortunes over the last few months, with swings of up to… Continue reading Issue 40: 2016 02 11:Week in brief Financial
Month: February 2016
Issue 40: Crossword – War and Peace – printable
11 February 2016 Crossword by Boffles War and Peace Across 6 Central character with a heart of stone? (6) 7 Balkan one led to a World one (6) 8 It was recently on TV (4) 9 16ac’s was Rostova (4,4) 10 Napoleon for 2dn and Alexander I for Russia… Continue reading Issue 40: Crossword – War and Peace – printable
Issue 40: Crossword – War and Peace
11 February 2016 Crossword by Boffles War and Peace To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 40:2016 02 11: Charitable Investing (Frank O’Nomics)
11 February 2016 Charitable Investing by Frank O’Nomics There seems little point in the government coming up with smart methods of funding “the third way” if little is done to publicise the legislation; then there will only be a limited development of products. This so far appears to have been the problem with Social Investment… Continue reading Issue 40:2016 02 11: Charitable Investing (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 40:2016 02 11: Dad’s Army (Adam McCormack)
11 February 2016 Dad’s Army A film by Oliver Parker by Adam McCormack Who do you think you are kidding Mr Critic? Director Oliver Parker has taken two big risks in bringing a new version of Dad’s Army to the big screen. The first is the standard one of trying to turn what is a… Continue reading Issue 40:2016 02 11: Dad’s Army (Adam McCormack)
Issue 40: 2016 02 11: The Ngawala Cup, Part I (Nimmo)
11 February 2016 The Ngalawa Cup (Part One) A sailing adventure in the Indian Ocean. by Alexander Nimmo Like so many great ideas, this one began in the pub. My friend Rory and I had both recently decided to leave our jobs and take some time off. Over a drink he got out his phone,… Continue reading Issue 40: 2016 02 11: The Ngawala Cup, Part I (Nimmo)
Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Do Multinationals Pay Enough Tax? (John Watson)
11 February 2016 Do Multinationals Pay Enough Tax? The Shaw Sheet’s litmus test. by John Watson If you read bed-time stories to young children you will have discovered that they like to hear the same tale over and over again. It doesn’t matter that they know the ending. Their minds are locked onto a particular… Continue reading Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Do Multinationals Pay Enough Tax? (John Watson)
Issue 40: 2016 02 11:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
11 February 2016 Week in Brief: International CANADA: Canada is to stop airstrikes against Isis and withdraw its six air force planes from Iraq and Syria later this month, to fulfil new prime minister Justin Trudeau’s election pledge. EGYPT: The body of an Italian postgraduate student studying at Cambridge university who disappeared two weeks ago… Continue reading Issue 40: 2016 02 11:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
Issue 40:2016 02 11:Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Adam McCormack)
11 February 2016 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom The National Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack This is a serious play about music and race, rather than just an excuse to perform great music which can make up for any dramatic shortfall. August Wilson’s story, the third in his series of 10 plays that describe the Black… Continue reading Issue 40:2016 02 11:Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Adam McCormack)
Issue 40:2016 02 11:Flying West (JR Thomas)
11 February 2016 Flying West by J.R.Thomas Mrs Clinton took a very dangerous flight on Saturday. Not in a small plane; it was her campaign jet. And not in bad weather, though snow storms are blanketing the north east of the United States. She flew from New Hampshire and headed west, into the frozen state… Continue reading Issue 40:2016 02 11:Flying West (JR Thomas)
Issue 40:2016 02 11: The UN Right and Wrong Council (Neil Tidmarsh)
11 February 2016 The UN Human Right and Wrong Council Wrong and right in a single week. by Neil Tidmarsh The two reports published by the UN Human Rights Council this week suggest that it is an even stranger beast than previously thought. But then the UN itself is in many ways a rather odd… Continue reading Issue 40:2016 02 11: The UN Right and Wrong Council (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Drawing the Line (JR Thomas)
11 February 2016 Drawing the Line by J.R.Thomas There can be nothing more dangerous to the common good than when experts all agree a new orthodoxy that will save the politicians money. “Care in the Community” may well have been an enlightened approach as to how to treat mental illness; but it became the intellectual… Continue reading Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Drawing the Line (JR Thomas)
Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Drums (Chin Chin)
11 February 2016 Drums Keep on a roll! By Chin Chin “Boom, Boom, Boom-de-boom, Rat-a-tat-tat, Boom”. The sound is all too familiar to any parent of a teenage boy. Why is it that they all want drum kits and not flutes or violins? Because the drums are a sight easier to play, that is why;… Continue reading Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Drums (Chin Chin)
