Month: August 2016

Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Week in Brief: Financial

18 August 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City SMALL CHANGE; NO CHANGE:  The Swedish bank Handelsbanken has become over the last twenty years the wealthy private customer’s bank of choice, both in Scandinavia and in the UK, where it has gone from a modest number of offices in London and a couple of… Continue reading Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Week in Brief: Financial

Issue 67: 2016 08 18: The Perils Of Poor Translation (Richard Pooley)

18 August 2016 The Perils of Poor Translation and of banning the burkini. by Richard Pooley The BBC website is my main source of news and I don’t usually have cause to criticize it.  But last week the mistranslation in a BBC report of one French word had me fulminating against the actions of a… Continue reading Issue 67: 2016 08 18: The Perils Of Poor Translation (Richard Pooley)

Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Week in Brief: International

18 August 2016 Week In Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA:  Nine Iraqi asylum-seekers were arrested in Vienna on suspicion of raping a German tourist on New Year’s day. A man armed with a knife seriously injured two teenagers on a train.  The attacker, who is said to have mental health problems, was arrested. FRANCE:  The mayor… Continue reading Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Week in Brief: International

Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Crossing The Water (Chin Chin)

18 August 2016 Crossing The Water Of ferries and the like. by Chin Chin There has always been something special about crossing water.  In Robert Burns’s poem Tam O’Shanter, it is the barrier of a river which holds back the demons who pursue the eponymous hero on his grey mare.  In ancient Rome, the crossing of… Continue reading Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Crossing The Water (Chin Chin)

Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Homo Ludens (Neil Tidmarsh)

18 August 2016 Homo Ludens The world at play – a serious business. by Neil Tidmarsh Have you had a crack at playing Pokemon Go yet?  No, neither have I.  You do know what Pokemon Go is all about, don’t you?  No, neither do I.  I haven’t the faintest.  To tell you the truth, I… Continue reading Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Homo Ludens (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 67: Crossword – The US of A

18 August 2016 Crossword by Boffles The US of A   To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Byronic Moments (J R Thomas)

11 August 2016 Byronic Moments by J R Thomas Last week Greek yachts and Greek film makers; this week a natural progression, you may think, to Greek Romanticism and English poets?  Well, no.  From the sublime beauties of the Greek islands we move to London burger bars.  Upmarket ones, though.  Byron is the unlikely name… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Byronic Moments (J R Thomas)

Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Tandem Sky Dive (Lynda Goetz)

11 August 2016 Tandem Sky-Dive Literally breath-taking! by Lynda Goetz My plans for last Friday did not include a tandem sky-dive.  They did include a visit to the beautician’s with my daughter in the afternoon for a leg-wax and a few hours in the morning to accompany her to the airfield at Dunkeswell, where she… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Tandem Sky Dive (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Contents

 04 August 2016: Issue 65 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Wolf At The Door by Neil Tidmarsh Trouble in store for Italy. To The Starting Blocks by J R Thomas How to do conventions. Minimum Requirements by Don Urquhart The value of Mindestanforderungen. A Tale of Two Brexits by Frank O’Nomics The best of markets,… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Contents

Issue 66: 2016 08 11: An Actor’s Life For Me? (Frank O’Nomics)

11 August 2016 An Actor’s Life For Me? 45 lines of dialogue to be an A-list film star. by Frank O’Nomics “I could play that role!” Five words is all it takes for me to generate collective groans from my family.  They are usually uttered as we watch a TV crime drama and a studious… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: An Actor’s Life For Me? (Frank O’Nomics)

Issue66: 2016 08 11: Grammar schools right or wrong? (Lynda Goetz)

11 August 2016 Grammar schools – right or wrong? An opportunity for social mobility or the opposite? by Lynda Goetz In an article in The Telegraph on 7th August, Allison Pearson argued that, as a country, we were more than happy to see our elite athletes given special training, but that the ban on grammar… Continue reading Issue66: 2016 08 11: Grammar schools right or wrong? (Lynda Goetz)

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