16 March 2017 The WWF Living Planet Report 2016 Naively optimistic or realistic vision? by Lynda Goetz Most of us recognise the panda symbol, but how many of us really know what the organisation it represents actually does? WWF was founded in 1961 and registered under Swiss law. The initials originally stood for World Wildlife… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: The WWF Living Planet Report 2016 (Lynda Goetz)
Month: March 2017
Issue 96:2017 03 16: Cartoons (AGGro)
16 March 2017 Cartoons by AGGro If you enjoyed these cartoons please share them 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 Whatsapp
Issue 96:2017 03 16:Limehouse 9Adam McCormack)
16 March 2017 Limehouse The Donmar reviewed by Adam McCormack Stars **** The Labour party is in disarray, unable to make changes without the sanction of the unions and moving further to the left. The more moderate membership fears that the party is fast becoming unelectable. No, this is not a summary of the current… Continue reading Issue 96:2017 03 16:Limehouse 9Adam McCormack)
Issue 96:2017 03 16:Flowering nicely (J.R.Thomas)
16 March 2017 Flowering Nicely The National Gardens Scheme. By J.R.Thomas As regular readers may have worked out, this column has a soft spot for gardens; especially for the sort that flourishes so well on these shores. From now on until late autumn your correspondent will be seizing every opportunity to escape to rural England… Continue reading Issue 96:2017 03 16:Flowering nicely (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 96:2017 03 16:Week in Brief International
16 March 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe DENMARK: The Prime Minister asked the Turkish prime minister to postpone his visit because of Turkish/EU tensions (see NETHERLANDS below). FRANCE: More than 50 teenagers were arrested after gangs attacked three schools in suburbs north of Paris. The riots started when demonstrations by pupils protesting against… Continue reading Issue 96:2017 03 16:Week in Brief International
Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Ms Sturgeon’s Demands (John Watson)
16 March 2017 Ms Sturgeon’s Demands Why the SNP should be seen off. By John Watson It is a jack-in-a-box time of year. No sooner had the Government obtained the authority of both Houses of Parliament to begin the Brexit procedures by serving notice under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, than up pops… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Ms Sturgeon’s Demands (John Watson)
Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Erdogan’s Anger (Neil Tidmarsh)
16 March 2017 Erdogan’s Anger Europe stumbles in Cologne, Hamburg and Rotterdam. by Neil Tidmarsh Last month Emmanuel Macron came to England to address the ex-pat French community in London. He was rallying support for his En Marche! movement and his candidacy in the forthcoming French presidential election. Nobody thought that this was odd or… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Erdogan’s Anger (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Week in Brief, Financial
16 March 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY ALL CHANGE: Rather more change than expected at HSBC which has been engaged in a search for a new chairman to replace seven year serving Douglas Flint – who was finance director before that. HSBC almost always has promoted its top men (they all have… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Week in Brief, Financial
Issue 95: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 18
9 March 2017 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 18 To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 95: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 18 – printable
09 March 2017 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 18 Across 1 City of Bohemians (6) 4 Couple famous for eating meat rather than fish (6) 9 Laddish motoring programme (3,4) 10 Sought by Arthur’s knights and Monty Python (5) 11 50-50 odds (5) 12 The sinful side of… Continue reading Issue 95: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 18 – printable
Issue 94: 2017 03 02: Contents
02 March 2017: Issue 94 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Political Teflon by John Watson The contribution Mr Blair ought to make. The Occasional Shaw Sheet Cock-up Awards by Neil Tidmarsh And the winner of this week’s international Ossca is… Old Iron And Pots by J R Thomas Analysis of the by-election results. Football… Continue reading Issue 94: 2017 03 02: Contents
Issue 95: Crossword – Motoring Number – solution
9 March 2017 Crossword by Boffles Motoring Number – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 95:2017 03 09:Is the party about to start in Europe (Frank O’Nomics)
09 March 2017 Is the party about to start in Europe? We might be leaving at just the wrong time by Frank O’Nomics Have you ever left a party early, only to be told that it really got going after your departure? Or, have you not returned to a play after the interval, then to… Continue reading Issue 95:2017 03 09:Is the party about to start in Europe (Frank O’Nomics)
