Month: April 2017

Issue 98:2017 03 30: contents

30 March 2017: Issue 98 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Brexit Negotiations by John Watson A matter of timing Payback time: Lifetime ISAs for millennials by Frank O’Nomics Buy the new savings product for your children Enlightenment City by Neil Tidmarsh Washington DC, March 2017 Family Matters by J.R. Thomas An old… Continue reading Issue 98:2017 03 30: contents

Issue99:2016 04 06:Throwing the sword into the lake (J.R.Thomas)

06 April 2017 Throwing the Sword into the Lake Moving on from Camelot by J.R.Thomas   A couple of weeks ago Robert Silvers, founder and editor for life of that distinguished magazine The New York Review of Books died, aged 87.  Mr Silvers was one of those erudite energetic east coast liberals that Mr Trump… Continue reading Issue99:2016 04 06:Throwing the sword into the lake (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 99: 2017 04 06: “Absolutely ridiculous…frankly” (Lynda Goetz)

06 April 2017 “Absolutely ridiculous… frankly.” What exactly is the relationship between Jesus and chocolate Easter eggs?  By Lynda Goetz The Twittersphere is apparently alive with it; the Church, the Press, descendants of John Cadbury and even the politicians have been wading in on the subject of the National Trust, Cadbury’s Easter Eggs and the… Continue reading Issue 99: 2017 04 06: “Absolutely ridiculous…frankly” (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Bustgate (Chin Chin)

06 April 2017 Bustgate Such things as dreams are made of. By Chin Chin Cristiano Ronaldo clearly has very good manners.  He has declared himself honoured by the new bust of him at Madeira airport, even though it does not really look like him at all.  Critics have suggested that there is more of a… Continue reading Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Bustgate (Chin Chin)

Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Bid Candy And Worse (John Watson)

06 April 2017 Bid Candy And Worse The details revealed. By John Watson Spring is in the air.  A fire is burning in the hearth.  The whisky bottle is to hand.  It only remains to decide what sparkling work of literature to choose for the evening read.  Should it be The Hound of the Baskervilles?… Continue reading Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Bid Candy And Worse (John Watson)

Issue99:2017 04 03: Week in Brief financial

06 April 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BRAKES ON AT CARR’S: Carr’s is an unusual conglomerate, combining a traditional but sizeable business of selling agricultural supplies in the UK, New Zealand, and the USA, with a technical engineering business which is strong in nuclear.  The idea is that they are sufficiently diverse… Continue reading Issue99:2017 04 03: Week in Brief financial

Issue 99:2017 03 06:Lack of energy

06 April 2017 Lack of Energy Enough to be getting on with. by J.R.Thomas If there is a staple subject for the Business Pages of the Shaw Sheet, it is energy.  That fabled visitor from another planet might well conclude that the earth is about to run out of power, so much concern is endlessly… Continue reading Issue 99:2017 03 06:Lack of energy

Issue 99: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 19

6 April 2017 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 19   To see a printable version of this crossword     Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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