3 November 2016 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 14 To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Month: November 2016
Issue 78: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 14 – printable
3 November 2016 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 14 Across 1 Calais home of Tarzan? (3,6) 6 Flood lifeboat (3) 8 Feeling brought on by boring tasks or circumstances, not necessarily French (5) 9 Revolutionary followers of a Chairman’s teachings (7) 10 ‘ Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania’ is one of his lines (6) 12 Device enabling computers to… Continue reading Issue 78: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 14 – printable
Issue 78: 2016 11 03: The Nissan Deal (John Watson)
03 November 2016 The Nissan Deal Driven by the Devil. By John Watson It would be nice, of course, to be Jehovah but as vacancies do not often arise in the divine sector, perhaps it would be better to go for the rather more modest post of Business Secretary. Not quite as good in the… Continue reading Issue 78: 2016 11 03: The Nissan Deal (John Watson)
Issue 78:2016 1011 03:Fading Icons-The Pea Souper(J.R.Thomas)
03 October 2016 Fading Icons – The Pea Souper by J.R.Thomas In the early years of the Second World War, James Lees-Milne, socialite, secret diarist, architectural historian, and at the time, junior member of Britain’s armed forces, was driving from his parent’s home in Worcestershire back to his house in Chelsea. It was November… Continue reading Issue 78:2016 1011 03:Fading Icons-The Pea Souper(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief financial
3 November 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY UBER LAW: Technology is building a new world of super service; no need to get the car out to go and collect your takeaway; just lie back in your armchair, mobile phone in hand, scroll a menu for dozens of different food types, press a… Continue reading Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief financial
Issue 78: 2016 11 02: It’s my party……(J.R,Thomas)
03 November 2016 It’s my party… by J.R.Thomas Whether Mr Trump wins or loses next week, one thing is for certain; the Republican Party is a smouldering wreck. The Donald has driven his bulldozer of personal ambition through the Grand Old Party and debris will continue to cascade into the basement for months, years, yet. … Continue reading Issue 78: 2016 11 02: It’s my party……(J.R,Thomas)
Issue 78: 2016 11 03: Week in Brief: UK
03 November 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government HEATHROW: A series of legal challenges is now getting underway against the new runway at Heathrow. One group, representing Teddington residents, has suggested that Sir Howard Davies, who chaired the enquiry which recommended the proposal, was biased because of his links with GIC Private Ltd, an owner… Continue reading Issue 78: 2016 11 03: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 78:2016 11 03:Time to rob (grandpa) Peter to pay (grandson) Paul?(Frank O’Nomics)
03 November 2016 Time to rob (grandpa) Peter to pay (grandson) Paul? A huge overhaul of the pensions system is needed but has anyone the stomach for it? by Frank O’Nomics The UK population at large, and the financial services industry in general, has had enough of changes to the pensions system. In the last… Continue reading Issue 78:2016 11 03:Time to rob (grandpa) Peter to pay (grandson) Paul?(Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 78: 2016 11 03: Terrorism and Security (Alexander Nimmo)
03 November 2016 Terrorism and Security Does a military presence make a city safer? by Alexander Nimmo I have been living in Paris since March 2016 and regularly travel between the capital and the UK. France declared a state of emergency following the Paris terror attacks in November 2015. The result of this state of… Continue reading Issue 78: 2016 11 03: Terrorism and Security (Alexander Nimmo)
Issue 78: 2016 11 03: Madagascar Today (Lynda Goetz)
03 November 2016 Madagascar Today A fascinating and tragic country. by Lynda Goetz A visit to Madagascar is a fascinating, amazing and at the same time a slightly depressing experience. If you mention ‘Madagascar’ to most English-speakers they will probably have one of two images spring to mind; either the Dreamworks cartoon film of the… Continue reading Issue 78: 2016 11 03: Madagascar Today (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief International
03 November 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: President Hollande said that the migrant camps in Paris would be cleared, with migrants either registered and moved to official centres or deported. The EU’s anti-fraud agency has ordered Marine le Pen to return €339,000 of funding used to pay a bodyguard and a manager at… Continue reading Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief International
Issue 78: 2016 11 03: The Hidden Listeners (Chin Chin)
03 November 2016 The Hidden Listeners One man’s resistance. By Chin Chin I always knew that I was being watched but I never knew by whom. Was it an organised crime syndicate? Probably not, because one old computer with the screen cracked would hardly justify twenty-four hours of surveillance from Raffles and Co. After all,… Continue reading Issue 78: 2016 11 03: The Hidden Listeners (Chin Chin)
Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Contents
27 October 2016: Issue 77 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Bad For Business by J.R.Thomas The US presidential election is the only show in town. The Baleful Role Of The SPAD by John Watson An accelerant we cannot afford. All At Sea by Neil Tidmarsh For those in peril… We Need A Financial… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Contents
