24 March 2016 The Brussels Tragedy What does it mean for the UK? By John Watson The first emotion felt by those reading about the atrocities in Belgium will be pity: pity for those who have lost loved ones, pity for those who are injured, whose dreams for the future are destroyed, pity for those… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 24: The Brussels Tragedy (John Watson)
Month: March 2016
Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK DWP: Iain Duncan Smith has resigned as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions following a proposal in the Budget to tighten the criteria for personal independence payments to disabled people of working age. Although Mr Duncan Smith had originally approved the change, he was unhappy at its… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 46: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 6 – solution
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Issue 46: Crossword – Easter
24 March 2016 Crossword by Boffles Easter To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 46: Crossword – Easter – printable
24 March 2016 Crossword by Boffles Easter Across 1 Often hunted at this time (4) 3 Golgotha (7) 8 Found on buns (7) 9 Part of Greek title of Jesus (5) 10 Jesus was by the scribes and Pharisees (5) 11 3ac was that of the Crucifixion (4) 13 Responsible for one version of events (4) 15 A place of rest and… Continue reading Issue 46: Crossword – Easter – printable
Issue 46:2016 03 24: Week in brief (Financial)
24 March 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY RETAIL HOME WIN: In another unexpected turn of events in a takeover battle that has been full of them, J Sainsbury emerged victorious to win ownership of Home Retail Group, owner of Argos, the catalogue and high street retailer. The City had reacted… Continue reading Issue 46:2016 03 24: Week in brief (Financial)
Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Stand out from the crowd(fund)? (Frank O’Nomics)
17 March 2016 Stand out from the crowd(fund)? by Frank O’Nomics Crowdfunding is growing. In a recent report from the University of Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and Nesta, UK alternative finance was shown to have grown by 84% to £3.2 billion last year. This figure was below £100 million as recently as 2011. The… Continue reading Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Stand out from the crowd(fund)? (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 45:2016 03 17:Week in Brief International
17 March 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe BELGIUM: One terror suspect was killed and another escaped when French and Belgian police raided a property in the Forest suburb of Brussels. Four police officers were injured. FRANCE: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, including students and trades unionists, marched through French cities to protest against President… Continue reading Issue 45:2016 03 17:Week in Brief International
Issue 45:2016 03 17: Does it matter? (J.R.Thomas)
17 March 2016 Does It Matter? by J.R.Thomas Does It Matter?” sounds like a newly discovered Trollope novel. So does the plot of the USA Presidential primaries so far. But “Does it matter?” are the thoughtful words of a Shaw Sheet reader, who is following the excitements across the pond. He does not mean, as… Continue reading Issue 45:2016 03 17: Does it matter? (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 45: 2016 03 17: Something,something,Lazarus (Adam McCormack)
17 March 2016 Something Something Lazarus The King’s Head, Islington Reviewed by Adam McCormack Broken Cabaret, who have just opened at he King’s Head Theatre in Islington are definitely on to something. A play centred around cabaret, performed in a theatre after another show (starting at 9:30pm), is well calculated to capture the later evening… Continue reading Issue 45: 2016 03 17: Something,something,Lazarus (Adam McCormack)
Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Week in Brief FInancial
17 March 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY NUCLEAR FUSION: The doubts over whether the proposed new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point will ever get built continue to grow. Although Chancellor George Osborne and Prime Minister David Cameron have both said that building the power plant is vital for the UK’s… Continue reading Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Week in Brief FInancial
Issue 44:2016 03 10: contents
10 March 2016: Issue 44 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Turkey and the EU by Neil Tidmarsh They both need each other Nearing the Crest of the Wave by J. R. Thomas Read this before you bet on the Republican nomination. Legalising Prostitution by John Watson Mr Corbyn may well… Continue reading Issue 44:2016 03 10: contents
Issue 45 ;2016 03 17: A vote for Brexit Is A Vote for Europe {Neil Tidmarsh)
17 March 2016 A Vote For Brexit Is A Vote For Europe It is possible to be pro-Europe but anti-EU. by Neil Tidmarsh Nobody in late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century Europe wanted to break away from Rome and the Papacy. The renaissance humanist scholars who criticised the church as corrupt, tyrannical and inefficient… Continue reading Issue 45 ;2016 03 17: A vote for Brexit Is A Vote for Europe {Neil Tidmarsh)
