11 August 2016 Harley Sleek by J R Thomas The Marquess of Bath started it, opening Longleat House to the public to raise some cash after the Second World War, but it was the Duke of Bedford who really made country house visiting a mass market activity. The Duke was a natural showman and entrepreneur,… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Harley Sleek (J R Thomas)
Month: August 2016
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Shop Your Neighbour (Frank O’Nomics)
11 August 2016 Shop Your Neighbour New rules for financial whistleblowers may lead the way for others. by Frank O’Nomics The financial services industry may finally be about to do something for the greater good. At the start of next month, new legislation on whistleblowing will be brought in for financial firms and, if successful,… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Shop Your Neighbour (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: Business
11 August 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY NOT TO THE POINT: The troubled saga of the new Hinckley Point power station – or at least, the lack of construction thereof – continues. As readers will recollect, EDF, the French mainly state owned company who had entered into complex arrangements with the British… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: Business
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: International
11 August 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe BELGIUM: An Algerian armed with a machete attacked two female police officers in Charleroi. He was shot dead by the police. MACEDONIA: A two-week state of emergency was announced after a storm hit the capital Skopje, with 21 people dead, six missing and dozens injured. Hundreds… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: International
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: UK
11 August 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government News CHILD SEX ABUSE INQUIRY: The chairman of the inquiry into child sex abuse, Dame Lowell Goddard, resigned after being criticized for the amount of time she spent abroad during her first year in charge, but could get £90,000 in severance pay and continue to live in a… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 66: 2016 08 11 :Do you know MI5 from MI6? (Tim Marshall)
11 August 2016 Do you know MI5 from MI6? Your guide to the United Kingdom intelligence system by Tim Marshall Most Shaw Sheet readers will be taking away the Chilcot report to read on holiday. It is certainly long so to make it more digestible we have decided to sketch out the various organisations which… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11 :Do you know MI5 from MI6? (Tim Marshall)
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Fiddling With Our Abbreviations (John Watson)
11 August 2016 Fiddling With Our Abbreviations An unforgiveable impertinence and condescension. By John Watson The Chilcot report takes nine days to read. That may or may not be a record but there is no doubt that the increasing length of government documents is beginning to pose a problem. It isn’t just the waste of… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Fiddling With Our Abbreviations (John Watson)
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Trieste (Chin Chin)
11 August 2016 Trieste A city of spies. By Chin Chin Churchill is often credited with saying that “the Balkans produce more history than they can consume locally” but the phrase was actually turned, or at least first turned, in relation to the people of Crete by the brilliant short story writer, Saki. Still,… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Trieste (Chin Chin)
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: What You Do Next Summer (Neil Tidmarsh)
11 August 2016 What You Get Up to Next Summer Somebody will know. by Neil Tidmarsh Here we are in high summer. Mid-August. The time of year when international relations are at their most strained. Diplomats and politicians are working right round the clock to defuse a continuous stream of unsavoury and dangerous incidents, any one of which… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: What You Do Next Summer (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 66: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 11
11 August 2016 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 11 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 66: Crossword – Pack your Bags – solution
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Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Week in Brief: UK
04 August 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government News HINKLEY POINT: The Government has postponed a decision on Hinkley Point C pending a further review. The announcement, which was made just before the deal was due to be signed, took the energy industry by surprise. It is understood that EDF, the French company which was… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Les Vacances de l’Été (Richard Pooley)
04 August 2016 Les Vacances de l’Été Not all on holiday at all. by Richard Pooley You could hear the contempt in the British man’s voice. I can’t recall who he was – a politician or a reporter – but he was speaking on the BBC last week about the likely reaction of the French… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Les Vacances de l’Été (Richard Pooley)
