22 June 2017 Gems Amongst Jewels Trewyn Studio Garden, St. Ives by J.R.Thomas If you are going to create a garden, Cornwall is probably just about the best place in the British Isles to do it. The climate is wonderfully benign, aided by some sidewash from the gulf stream and the moderating influence of the… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Garden Review, Barbara Hepworth St. Ives (J R Thomas)
Month: June 2017
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Week In Brief International
22 June 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe BELGIUM: A suspected Islamist suicide bomber was shot dead when he detonated an explosive device near the ticket offices at Brussels Central Station. FRANCE: President Macron’s party La République en Marche won an absolute majority in the second and final round of parliamentary elections. La… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Week In Brief International
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: After Isis (Neil Tidmarsh)
22 June 2017 After Isis To the victor, the spoils? by Neil Tidmarsh The news this week suggests that the end really is in sight for Isis as a territorial power. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Isis leader who declared its caliphate in 2014, has been killed in an airstrike on the Isis capital Raqqa, according… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: After Isis (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Week in Brief UK
22 June 2017 Week In Brief: UK NEWS Fire GRENFELL TOWER: The Prime Minister has been heavily criticised for failing to empathise with victims following the disastrous fire at Grenfell Tower. Although she visited the site shortly after the tragedy there was resentment that she spent her time with the emergency services rather than with… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Week in Brief UK
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Theatre Review – Tosca
22 June 2017 Tosca Grange Park Opera, West Horsley reviewed by Adam McCormack. If you unexpectedly inherited a crumbling country pile with 300 acres, what would you do with it? This is exactly what happened to former TV presenter Bamber Gascoigne, who was left a sixteenth century manor house in West Horsley by his aunt,… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Theatre Review – Tosca
Issue 110: 2017 0-6 22: Week In Brief Financial
22 June 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BAD WEEK BEHIND THE COUNTERS: Maybe the bankers are going to be regulated less (see our article on the US this week) but Barclays, the 300 year old UK domiciled bank, must be wishing it had thrown itself on the regulatory mercies of the Bank… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 0-6 22: Week In Brief Financial
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: A tale of two committees (Frank O’Nomics)
22 June 2017 A Tale Of Two Committees Should the Fed and the Bank of England swap strategies? by Frank O’Nomics. The 1980’s comedy about a tabloid newspaper, Hot Metal, once had an episode where the editorial team agonised over a lack of subscriptions when producing headlines like “Pound has a quiet day on the… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: A tale of two committees (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Old Goats (Chin Chin)
22 June 2017 Old Goats What are they doing in parliament? by Chin Chin It is the goat I felt sorry for. Okay, the Queen’s Speech had to be changed a bit to accommodate the election result but what about the goat whose skin was used for the original version? The tradition has long been… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Old Goats (Chin Chin)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Diary of a Corbinista (Don Urquhart)
22 June 2017 Election Diary of a Corbynista Extracts by Don Urquhart 18 April Theresa May has announced a General Election on June 8th. I would be delighted to see a united Labour Party in Parliament. What’s the point of people like Alan Johnson? 19 April Alan Johnson obviously agrees; he is standing down. 25… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Diary of a Corbinista (Don Urquhart)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Debt (John Watson)
22 June 2017 Debt Disaster waits in the wings. By John Watson If you go by the newspapers, you will probably think that the central issue of British public life is how to carry through Brexit; how to strike the right balance between our need to participate in European markets and the public’s anxiety to… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Debt (John Watson)
Issue 109:2017 06 15 Terror in Tehran (Neil Tidmarsh)
15 June 2017 Terror In Tehran Isis strikes at the heart of Iran. by Neil Tidmarsh President Trump’s one success so far has been his visit to the Middle East last month, where he delighted both his Arab and Israeli hosts by denouncing Iran as a sponsor of terrorism and a dangerous destabilising influence in… Continue reading Issue 109:2017 06 15 Terror in Tehran (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 109: Crossword – More Pop
15 June 2017 Crossword by Boffles More Pop To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 109: Crossword – More Pop – printable
15 June 2017 Crossword by Boffles More Pop Across 1 Arthurian festival ? (11) 7 Band in terrible trouble (4,7) 9 World Health Organisation? Hardly (3,3) 12 Tack on the reverse of this sailor for four Swedes (2) 13 Thanks added in many songs like ‘A whole …… shaking going… Continue reading Issue 109: Crossword – More Pop – printable
