11 May 2017: Issue 104 The week’s news – your chance to catch up Comment Pledges And Promises by John Watson The fun will shortly begin. On the Hill, Off the Rails by J R Thomas The administration takes shape. Sell In May And Go Away by Frank O’Nomics Or should we just put some “Vix” in… Continue reading Issue 104: 2017 05 11: Contents
Month: May 2017
Issue 105: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 20 – solution
18 May 2017 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 20 – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 105: Crossword – Opera Festival
18 May 2017 Crossword by Boffles Opera Festival To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 105: Crossword – Opera Festival – printable
18 vvvvvvMay 2017 Crossword by Boffles Opera Festival Across 1 Help a? (4) 3 Dirty Don (8) 8 Madame Butterfly was one of them (7) 10 Guess what? – the Enchanted one was a prince after all (3) 11 Very English composer who dabbled once with a Spanish Lady (5)… Continue reading Issue 105: Crossword – Opera Festival – printable
Issue 105: 2017 05 18: The Templars and the Internet (John Watson)
18 May 2107 The Templars and the internet The ghost of Jacques de Molay By John Watson The ghost of a dead man haunts the internet. Whose can it be? Some unfortunate innocent, wrongly traduced online and driven in his despair to an early grave? No, of course there are such ghosts but this is… Continue reading Issue 105: 2017 05 18: The Templars and the Internet (John Watson)
Issue 105:2017 05 18:Big Beasts (J.R.Thomas)
18 May 2017 Big Beasts What will happen to the Lib Dems? by J.R.Thomas “Big Beasts return to Lib Dem Front Line” announced the press release. Gosh. Obviously not Gladstone or Asquith or even Rosebery, all of whom have the disadvantage, for the campaign trail, of being dead. So who can they mean? “The Liberal… Continue reading Issue 105:2017 05 18:Big Beasts (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 105:2017 05 18: The Sense of an Ending (J.R.Thomas)
18 May 2017 The Sense of an Ending A film by Ritash Batra. reviewed by J.R.Thomas The Shaw Sheet is not like other media sheets that your eye may occasionally fall on; we like to think through our views of events, consider what things might mean, and generally take our time, so that readers will… Continue reading Issue 105:2017 05 18: The Sense of an Ending (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 105:2017 05 18:Macron’s discombobulation of the French political landscape(Richard Pooley).
18 May 2017 Macron’s discombobulation of the French political landscape. By Richard Pooley Discombobulate has always been one of my favourite words. Like its French equivalent bouleverser it is onomatopoeic: you can hear the world turning upside down. And the election of Emmanuel Macron to the French presidency has certainly bouleversé le paysage politique français. … Continue reading Issue 105:2017 05 18:Macron’s discombobulation of the French political landscape(Richard Pooley).
Issue 105:2017 05 18:Week in Brief financial
18 May 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY PENSIONED OFF: How can you run a profitable business and still go bust? Having an underfunded pension scheme is always a reliable way, as several British businesses have recently found out when trying to reorganise themselves. Latest is Tata Steel, the UK arm of the… Continue reading Issue 105:2017 05 18:Week in Brief financial
Issue 105:2017 05 18:Week in brief international
18 May 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The Vice-Chancellor and leader of the OVP, Reinhold Mitterlehner, has resigned, putting the future of the governing OVP/Social Democrat coalition in doubt. The Foreign Minister announced that a general election will take place this autumn, a year early. FRANCE: Emmanuel Macron was sworn in as… Continue reading Issue 105:2017 05 18:Week in brief international
Issue 105:2017 05 18:Housing stalemate (Frank O’Nomics)
18 May 2017 Housing Stalemate Property transactions are becoming rare events. by Frank O’Nomics Are house sellers starting to get desperate? We have not yet got to the stage of BOGOF (buy one get one free), but some developers have been offering iPads in return for early deposits, together with free cars on completion –… Continue reading Issue 105:2017 05 18:Housing stalemate (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 105:2017 05 18:Cartoons (AGGro)
18 May 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 105: 2017 05 18: FlowLight (Chin Chin)
18 May 2017 FlowLight Clever, but will it work? By Chin Chin From time to time science produces something which is really useful. The flushing water closet, for one thing: the self-sticking postage stamp for another. Both ideas moved civilisation forward without any apparent downside. Now at last, we may have another: step up, Dr… Continue reading Issue 105: 2017 05 18: FlowLight (Chin Chin)
