Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Friends and Enemies (Neil Tidmarsh)

07 July 2016 Friends and Enemies Unlikely détentes around the world. by Neil Tidmarsh As Britain and the rest of Europe are busy redefining their political and economic relationship, it’s interesting to note that other countries around the world are also forging new ties and restoring old ones. Some of them are surprising, to say… Continue reading Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Friends and Enemies (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Brown and Green All Over(j.R.Thomas)

07 July 2016 Brown and Green All Over How Capability Brown rebuilt the countryside. by J.R.Thomas In this wet summer of discontent, with political parties riven apart and leadership contenders knifing each other in the pursuit of power, maybe you feel it is time to retreat from the metropolitan world of shrieking headlines and urgently… Continue reading Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Brown and Green All Over(j.R.Thomas)

Issue 61:2016 07 07 : Accentuate the positive – eliminate the negative(Frank O’Nomics)

07 July 2016 Accentuate the Positive – Eliminate the Negative How low can interest rates go? by Frank O’Nomics It has finally happened, the world has turned upside down, and it seems that one and one does not equal two.  Those who have read Keynes’ General Theory will perhaps remember his assertion that “the rate… Continue reading Issue 61:2016 07 07 : Accentuate the positive – eliminate the negative(Frank O’Nomics)

issue 61:2016 07 07: Week in Brief International

07 July 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA:  Judges in the constitutional court upheld the appeal by the far-right Freedom Party that last month’s presidential election should be re-run because of counting irregularities.  The election was won by Alexander van der Bellen, an independent candidate and former leader of the Green party, who… Continue reading issue 61:2016 07 07: Week in Brief International

Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Hats and Henley (Chin Chin)

07 July 2016 Hats and Henley A language of accessories. By Chin Chin It was as racing ended and the band struck up “God save the Queen” that I realised my error in not wearing a hat. It isn’t that men have to wear hats at Henley. The regatta has dress regulations, to be sure,… Continue reading Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Hats and Henley (Chin Chin)

Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Hampton Court Flower Show (Lynda Goetz)

07 July 2016 Hampton Court Flower Show Tapping into the zeitgeist. by Lynda Goetz Space and grass. Those were my first impressions of the Hampton Court Flower Show in 1994. After many wonderful but decidedly crowded visits to Chelsea, those two elements made a lasting impression.  On Tuesday those two factors impressed me yet again… Continue reading Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Hampton Court Flower Show (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 61: 2016 07 07: We need to talk about Mark (Archie Wilson)

07 July 2016 We Need To Talk About Mark…   Cycling, a sport overlooked. by Archie Wilson As well as bisecting calendars, the sporting tournaments of the Tour de France and Wimbledon have similarly complicated scoring systems.  To the naïve or new spectator trying to follow the sport, this can be off-putting.  But whilst, during the… Continue reading Issue 61: 2016 07 07: We need to talk about Mark (Archie Wilson)

Issue 61: Crossword – Some Comic Relief – printable

7 July 2016 Crossword by Boffles Some Comic Relief Across     7  Warmly received film about a transgender band (4,4,2,3)     8  Somebody who enjoys himself enthusiastically (8)     9  ‘The more . …. of men, the more I like dogs’   Mme Roland (0,1,3)   10  Earthy rule requires that your toast will always land… Continue reading Issue 61: Crossword – Some Comic Relief – printable

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