19 May 2016 The International PUIP (Punch-Ups In Parliament) League Sports report – the season so far. By Neil Tidmarsh Fellow fans and followers of this ignoble sport will all agree that the 2016 season has got off to a cracking start, with old favourites South Africa and Turkey each hosting a series of spectacular… Continue reading Issue 54: 2016 05 19: The International PUIP (Punch-Ups In Parliament) League (Neil Tidmarsh)
Month: May 2016
Issue 54: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 8
19 May 2016 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 8 To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 54: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 8 – printable
19 May 2016 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 8 Across 1 Used to order drinks secretly? (7) 5 Best known is JS but do not forget CPE or WF (4) 8 Remuneration for not working? (6,3) 9 Roman sun and Mexican beer (3) 10 Classical poet with a couple of… Continue reading Issue 54: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 8 – printable
Issue 54: Crossword – Women’s Week – solution
19 May 2016 Crossword by Boffles Women’s Week – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Contents
12 May 2016: Issue 53 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Expect the Unexpected by J.R. Thomas Trump moves on to the main event. The Local Elections by John Watson A political health check. The Full Brazilian by Neil Tidmarsh Politics stripped naked; a hot and painful process. Can We Trust The Police?… Continue reading Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Contents
Issue 53:2016 05 24: Week in Brief International
12 May 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: Chancellor Werner Fayman resigned, and will step down as leader of the Social Democrats, after defeat by the far-right Freedom Party in the first round of presidential elections. FRANCE: Following the detection of bird flu in the foie gras producing region of south west France, farms… Continue reading Issue 53:2016 05 24: Week in Brief International
Issue 53:2016 05 12:Expect the Unexpected (J.R.Thomas)
12 May 2016 Expect the Unexpected by J.R.Thomas It is a very odd primary race indeed. The Republicans have now a Presidential candidate who has more negative ratings than any GOP candidate in recent political history, has never held political office of any sort, has no known bedrock of Republican beliefs, and whose loyalties were… Continue reading Issue 53:2016 05 12:Expect the Unexpected (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Fright Night (J.R.Thomas)
12 May 2016 Fright Night by J.R.Thomas As any hard bitten fast talking cigar chomping PR man will tell you, the great danger with publicity comes when you start to believe your own. It’s time that somebody from Mr Cameron’s close knit team of supporters nervously spoke up from the back and warned him of… Continue reading Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Fright Night (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 53:2016 05 12:Week in Brief Business
12 May 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY “IT’S THE ECONOMY…”: Last week saw the release of a large quantum of data regarding economic performance in both the UK and USA. The figures for the USA made the more cheerful reading at first sight, with a continuing climb in employment – though not… Continue reading Issue 53:2016 05 12:Week in Brief Business
Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Children starting school… (Lynda Goetz)
12 May 2016 Children Starting School… … swiping but not speaking. by Lynda Goetz ‘Around one in three children starting school is not ready for the classroom, with many lacking social skills, suffering speech problems or not toilet trained.’ A reception class (with apologies and acknowledgements to the late Joyce Grenfell): Good morning, children. I’m… Continue reading Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Children starting school… (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Facebook Friends (Chin Chin)
12 May 2016 Facebook Friends Their vanity exposed. By Chin Chin Well I’m certainly not going to Leeds. Nor indeed to Manchester where the great Yorkshire chef Michael O’Hare is opening his second restaurant, come to that. Yes, I know he has a Michelin star and that his recipe for barbequed prawn brains puts him… Continue reading Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Facebook Friends (Chin Chin)
Issue 53:2016 05 12:Sket (Adam McCormack)
12 May 2016 Sket Park 90 reviewed by Adam McCormack Sexting amongst teenagers is a big problem, and a far bigger one than I suspect most of us realise. PMJ productions new play by Maya Sondhi, does a very good job of demonstrating just how widespread sexting is, and succeeds in giving us some idea… Continue reading Issue 53:2016 05 12:Sket (Adam McCormack)
Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Letters From Abroad (John Watson)
12 May 2016 Letters From Abroad The US has a different angle. by John Watson Another week, another salvo from Remain. This time it is the turn of the US defence industry to blaze away, with a letter to The Times from a selection of distinguished secretaries of state, defence secretaries, national security advisers and directors… Continue reading Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Letters From Abroad (John Watson)
