26 May 2016 Pausanias The danger of guidance from beyond the grave by Chin Chin As the holiday season approaches, the big decision looms. No, not whether to stay at the Gritti or the Danieli; nor even whether it should be the Pyramids or Center Parcs. You can flip a coin for all that. What… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Pausanias (Chin Chin)
Month: May 2016
Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Juncker’s intervention
26 May 2016 Juncker’s intervention How the European Commission could swing the vote by John Watson The successive initiatives rolled out by Remain, including salvos from the Treasury, from Obama, from US and NATO defence chiefs, from Corbyn and from every Tom, Dick and Harry who is anxious to be seen as part of the… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Juncker’s intervention
Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Houses and Integration (John Watson)
26 May 2016 Houses and Integration As the emphasis moves to the mainstream the need is for houses by John Watson I believe it was Max Planck and Albert Einstein who first understood the dual nature of light. Although in some ways a stream of particles, it also exhibits features which can only be understood… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Houses and Integration (John Watson)
Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Once there was a King… (Neil Tidmarsh)
26 May 2016 “Once There Was A King…” Scheherazade lives. by Neil Tidmarsh “Once there was a King…” So begins the traditional storyteller, wearing a fez and brandishing an ancient sword, in any café in any town in the Middle East since the beginning of time. (It’s a custom that survives even in today’s war-torn Damascus,… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Once there was a King… (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Running Wild (Adam McCormack)
26 May 2016 Running Wild The Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park reviewed by Adam McCormack This is a very ambitious production. In turning Michael Morpurgo’s book into a play, Regent’s Park Theatre have created their largest-scale production to date: a cast of 40, supplemented by a range of puppets created and directed by Finn Caldwell… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Running Wild (Adam McCormack)
Issue 55:2016 05 26: All that glisters – may not be an investment (Frank O’Nomics)
26 May 2016 All that glisters – may not be an investment Should you be hoarding gold? by Frank O’Nomics Beware – the gold bugs are back. After a torrid time, and a fall from the heady heights of almost $1900 per oz in 2009 to just $1050 late last year, gold has seen the… Continue reading Issue 55:2016 05 26: All that glisters – may not be an investment (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 55: 2016 05 26:Universities abusing their position (Lynda Goetz)
26 May 2016 Universities abusing their positions Concern about loss of EU funding behind encouragement to Remain by Lynda Goetz Exeter is my alma mater. I, like many other alumni, donate the odd sum to keep the old place going; to help it keep up with its national and international rivals; to provide bursaries and… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26:Universities abusing their position (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Week in Brief UK
26 May 2016 Week in Brief: UK NEWS EU Referendum INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS: Pat Glass, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Europe, was overheard referring to a voter as a “horrible racist”. UKIP claimed that these remarks showed disdain for voters and Ms Glass has said that she regrets them. TRANSATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP: The Government has… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Week in Brief UK
Issue 55: 2016 05 26:Dig your garden (J.R. Thomas)
26 May 2016 Dig Your Garden by J.R.Thomas This week is the traditional opening of the English summer season, which revs up via Ascot , Wimbledon and Henley to a peak of outdoor sociability in late June, runs down into more informal and private gatherings in July, and ends in mid-July as the exhausted participants… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26:Dig your garden (J.R. Thomas)
Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Your enemies are behind you (J.R. Thomas)
26 May 2016 Your Enemies are Behind You by J.R.Thomas It is said in the House of Commons that your opponents are in front of you, but the danger is always from your enemies – and they are behind you, in your own party. David Cameron must know that only too well at the moment;… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Your enemies are behind you (J.R. Thomas)
Issue 55: 2016 05 26: International News in Brief
26 May 2016 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: Alexander van der Bullen, a Green party member standing as an independent candidate, won the presidential election. He narrowly beat Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom party by 50.3% to 49.7% of the vote (a difference of only 31,000 votes). BELGIUM: Eight protestors and two policemen… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: International News in Brief
Issue 55: 2016 05 26:Week in brief Financial
26 May 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BLOWS THE WIND FOR FRANCE? After many months, years indeed, of negotiations at all levels, the outlook for building the proposed Hinkley Point nuclear power station is still confused. Readers may recall that the power station, to be built and operated by EDF, the French… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26:Week in brief Financial
Issue 55: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 8 – solution
26 May 2016 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 8 – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
