Month: January 2017

Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Crispy roast potatoes (Lynda Goetz)

26 January 2017 Crispy Roast Potatoes And Browned Toast A Cancer Risk ‘Going for Gold’. Is the Food Standards Agency (FSA) warning really necessary?  By Lynda Goetz With all that is going on in the world, the announcement by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that we should avoid eating crispy potatoes or well-browned toast seems… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Crispy roast potatoes (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 89:2017 01 26:Congratulations Mr President!(Neil Tidmarsh)

26 January 2017 Congratulations, Mr President! At last, the good guy is in and the bad guy is out. By Neil Tidmarsh So the new president was finally sworn in this week.  We were beginning to wonder if it would ever actually happen.  After all, when the right candidate won the election last year, we… Continue reading Issue 89:2017 01 26:Congratulations Mr President!(Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 89:2017 01 26: A cry of anger from the back of beyond (Richard Pooley)

26 January 2017 A cry of anger from the back of beyond Who was Pierre Poujade? by Richard Pooley When my wife and I first arrived in France in 2013, we rented a house on the southern edge of Brive-la-Gaillarde for seven months.  Friends in other parts of France, let alone those in the UK,… Continue reading Issue 89:2017 01 26: A cry of anger from the back of beyond (Richard Pooley)

Issue 89: 2017 01 26: The Tax System (Chin Chin)

26 January 2017 The Tax System A guide. By Chin Chin It is tax return time of year again and the nation disappears under a cloud of receipts and invoices as everyone participates in the general search for missing pieces of paper.  There is also the excitement of trying to get the information into the… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26: The Tax System (Chin Chin)

Issue 88: 2017 01 19: January Blues (Lynda Goetz)

19 January 2017 January Blues A few suggestions by Lynda Goetz  Today, Wednesday, has been a beautiful day down here in the West Country, cold, but not too cold, beautiful blue skies and sunshine all day until the early winter sunset cast a pink glow over the few scattered clouds – presaging, if the old… Continue reading Issue 88: 2017 01 19: January Blues (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 88: 2017 01 19: Quiz (answers)

19 January 2017 Do You Know? Answers! Yew Tree Manor. Trade Union Studies. Cabernet Sauvignon. Pasadena. Siegfried Sassoon (“The General”).   If you enjoyed this quiz please share it using the buttons above. Please click here if you would like a weekly email on publication of the ShawSheet Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email… Continue reading Issue 88: 2017 01 19: Quiz (answers)

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Issue 87: 2012 01 12: Contents

12 January 2017: Issue 87 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment A Very Predictable Stance by John Watson Why the drop? All the Prime Minster’s Numbers by J R Thomas Will Mrs May wait for the boundary commission? A Diplomatic Dance by Neil Tidmarsh When the music stops. University Rankings and Free Speech by Lynda… Continue reading Issue 87: 2012 01 12: Contents

Issue 88: 2017 01 19: Quiz

19 January 2017 Do You Know? Quiz by Boffles Jeremy Corbyn was brought up in a house called ‘Yew Tree Guesthouse’ What was its previous name? Jeremy Corbyn started but did not finish a course at the North London Polytechnic. What was the subject? Which grape variety is most cultivated in the world? In which… Continue reading Issue 88: 2017 01 19: Quiz

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Issue88: 2017 01 19: Liberating Populism(J.R.Thomas)

19 January 2017                                         Liberating Populism “…by any other name would…?”                                               by J.R.Thomas… Continue reading Issue88: 2017 01 19: Liberating Populism(J.R.Thomas)

Issue 88: 2017 01 19:In the Beginning (J.R.Thomas)

19 January 2017: In The Beginning The realities of Trumpism by J.R.Thomas Mr Trump cannot carry on like this. He is a nightmare to journalists, commentators, and analysts everywhere.  No sooner has the scribe finished polishing his thoughtful exposition on the latest astonishing happenings in Trump Tower, than something even more extraordinary happens and the… Continue reading Issue 88: 2017 01 19:In the Beginning (J.R.Thomas)

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