23 February 2017 Crossword by Boffles Islands – Not Necessarily in the Sun Across 1 Homeland of some notorious US families (6) 4 French Alcatraz (6) 9 Shares a Caribbean one with another country (5) 10 Polynesian archipelago (5) 11 Close enough to France for German occupation (8) 13 … Continue reading Issue 93: Crossword – Islands – Not Necessarily in the Sun – printable
Month: February 2017
Issue93:2017 02 23:Cartoons
23 February 2017 Cartoons by AGGro Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 91: 2017 02 09: Contents
09 February 2017: Issue 91 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Post-Work World by John Watson A laboratory experiment in France. A Small Cultural Revolution by Richard Pooley Can Macron revive France? Half A Pension by Frank O’Nomics A 50% solution for 50% of the people is no solution. The Ancients Exiled by… Continue reading Issue 91: 2017 02 09: Contents
Issue 92:2017 02 16:Legally Binding (J.R.Thomas)
16 February 2017 Legally Binding Mr Trump and the Law by J.R.Thomas Mr Trump is a man accustomed to employing the services of lawyers. Few businesspersons working in the world of real estate get far before they need to recruit the services of mi’ learned friends, and the Donald must be finding this to be… Continue reading Issue 92:2017 02 16:Legally Binding (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 92: Crossword – Playful
16 February 2017 Crossword by Boffles Playful To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 92: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 17 – solution
16 February 2017 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 17 – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 92: Crossword – Playful – printable
16 February 2017 Crossword by Boffles Playful Across 7 Letters looking for a writer to finish them off (3,10) 8 Against left for a Greek classic (8) 9 Brutus and co wanted to …… Caesar (4) 11 ‘Tis a pity She’s a ……? No – Ford used another word (4) … Continue reading Issue 92: Crossword – Playful – printable
Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Excusing The Soliloquy (Chin Chin)
16 February 2017 Excusing The Soliloquy How to explain talking to yourself. By Chin Chin There are advantages to getting older. You become wiser for a start and the younger generation (who often believe that age and honesty march together) will listen to your recollections with increasing respect. “Did you really invent computers, Mr Chin? … Continue reading Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Excusing The Soliloquy (Chin Chin)
Issue 92:2017 02 16:Week in brief International
16 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: Rioting has spread through the Paris districts of Bobigny, Argeteuil and Ulis (and to the towns of Nantes, Toulouse and Rouen) since the arrest of a young black man in Aulnay-sous-Bois ten days ago. The manager of the En Marche! movement claimed that Russia has… Continue reading Issue 92:2017 02 16:Week in brief International
Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief Financial
16 February 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE – AGAIN: Last week it was regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press who got the Shaw Sheet Business Pages prize for optimism. We have a new contender this week for our award – Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, who announced a pretty startling… Continue reading Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 92:2017 02 16:Sans lui, le deluge (Richard Pooley)
16 February 2017 Sans lui, le déluge? Who will stop le Pen? by Richard Pooley For the past fifty-five years the French have had it easy when choosing their presidents. The presidential election has two rounds. In the first round you voted for whoever you liked most, safe in the knowledge that there would be… Continue reading Issue 92:2017 02 16:Sans lui, le deluge (Richard Pooley)
Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Get real, ladies! (Lynda Goetz)
16 February 2017 Get Real, Ladies! Divorce nearly always for poorer. by Lynda Goetz Divorce, like marriage, should never be undertaken lightly. Unlike marriage, however, it is rarely for richer and nearly always for poorer. So, before you listen to those who would urge you to ‘dump the bastard and find someone younger and better… Continue reading Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Get real, ladies! (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 92:2017 02 16: Poisonous Headlines (Neil Tidmarsh)
16 February 2017 Poisonous Headlines “We have a lot of killers.” by Neil Tidmarsh Welcome to the Shaw Sheet crime club. I lay before you three cases from this week’s global headlines. Three prime cases of apparent political assassination, not from the Renaissance Italy of Assassin’s Creed and Machiavelli, but from the here and now,… Continue reading Issue 92:2017 02 16: Poisonous Headlines (Neil Tidmarsh)
