31 March 2016 Earning a Name For Oneself Or not, as the case may be in Brussels and Lahore. By Neil Tidmarsh There’s been much ado about names in the news this week. In China, the civil affairs minister Li Liguo attacked the fashion for giving new housing developments foreign names. He has a point;… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Earning a Name for oneself (NeilTidmarsh)
Month: March 2016
Issue 46;2016 03 24: contents
24 March 2016: Issue 46 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Brussels tragedy by John Watson What does it mean for the UK? Exit from Syria, Exit From Yemen by Neil Tidmarsh Saudi Arabia and Russia look at each other in the mirror of the Middle East’s conflicts. IDS falls on his… Continue reading Issue 46;2016 03 24: contents
!ssue 47:2016 03 31: No Rain on the Parade (J.R.Thomas)
31 March 2016 No Rain On The Parade Easter celebrations in Seville by J.R.Thomas “The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there” famously wrote L P Hartley in The Go-Between. We may have come to think that in modern times and after two thirds of a century of European Union that the… Continue reading !ssue 47:2016 03 31: No Rain on the Parade (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 47:2016 03 31:Week in Brief International
31 March 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe BELGIUM: The number of people killed in last week’s bomb attacks in Brussels has risen to 35. It has been confirmed that the British man missing since the bombings, David Dixon, was killed in the terrorist attack. The police have made further anti-terrorist raids and arrests, including… Continue reading Issue 47:2016 03 31:Week in Brief International
Issue 47: 2016 03 31: The existential crisis in banking (Frank O’Nomics)
31 March 2016 The existential crisis in banking by Frank O’Nomics Financial institutions exist to make money. Or at least they used to. The financial crisis of 2008, the seemingly endless series of scandals (Libor, FX, interest rates swaps, etc,etc) have all served to lead these entities, which are the life blood of a service… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: The existential crisis in banking (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 47:2016 03 31:Cosi fan tutte (Adam McCormack)
31 March 2016 Cosi fan tutte The King’s Head Theatre, Islington reviewed by Adam McCormack All is right with the world. Small scale opera has returned to Islington – and the best news is, it is very good. Since OperaUp Close ended their residence at the King’s Head Theatre last year, there has been… Continue reading Issue 47:2016 03 31:Cosi fan tutte (Adam McCormack)
Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Week in Brief Financial
31 March 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City GRIM NEWS FOR THE VALLEYS: 2015 was a terrible year for the British steel manufacturing industry. Battered by cheap Chinese and Indian imported steel, many UK plants making non-speciality steel gave up the struggle and closed down, with thousands of job losses. Now… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Silent Virtue (Chin Chin)
31 March 2016 Silent Virtue It is not the doing but the not telling that is the true virtue. by Chin Chin From time to time I try to do Lorentz transformations in the bath. No, that isn’t some exciting new deviant procedure involving a bar of soap and a plastic duck; it isn’t even… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Silent Virtue (Chin Chin)
Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Week in Brief: UK
31 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: Among this week’s claims were that Brexit would increase the number of British expats returning from Europe as their right to health care and other benefits was thrown into doubt. Currently there are believed to be 1.2 million Britons living outside Britain but in the EU,… Continue reading Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Betting Against Brexit (John Watson)
31 March 2016 Betting Against Brexit The UK should remain in the EU. By John Watson “Ultimate authority”; “Our priorities”; “Take back control”. The heady words glitter on the “Vote Leave” pamphlet which dropped through my letterbox. No more European Court of Justice imposing EU law. No more European Court of Human Rights. Let’s… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Betting Against Brexit (John Watson)
Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Time to wind down Gay Pride? (John Watson)
31 March 2016 Time To Wind Down Gay Pride? Surely this movement has now served its purpose By John Watson Those who spend their time trawling through second-hand shops will tell you that in every one of them, if you look hard enough, there is something worth finding. It may be hidden at the back,… Continue reading Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Time to wind down Gay Pride? (John Watson)
Issue 47: Crossword – Friends, Enemies and Rivals
31 March 2016 Crossword by Boffles Friends, Enemies and Rivals To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 47: Crossword – Friends, Enemies and Rivals – printable
31 March 2016 Crossword by Boffles Friends, Enemies and Rivals Across 7 Serbia and …….. (6) 8 Sailor and …….. (6) 9 Elizabeth and …….. (4) 10 Stalin and ……. (7) 11 Iago and …… (7) 13 Tom and …….. (5) 15 Spycatcher and secret …… (5) 17 Brutus and ………. (7) 19 Spain and …… (8) 20 Dud and …….. (4) 22 Fairy and…… (3)… Continue reading Issue 47: Crossword – Friends, Enemies and Rivals – printable
