06 July 2017 Hampton Court Flower Show 2017 Flowers or tennis? By Lynda Goetz It is that time of year again. The time of year when the pull of South West London becomes irresistible to many and the yellow and black AA signs sprout up around Wimbledon and Kingston, directing traffic to either ‘Wimbledon Tennis’… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Hampton Court Flower Show (Lynda Goetz)
Month: July 2017
Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Contents
29 June 2017: Issue 111 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment Scholar’s Sleeves by John Watson The recognition of talent. Back To Basics by J R Thomas The Tories’ dilemma. Corbyn’s Glastonbury Triumph by R D Shackleton And how this could backfire. Infinite Outcomes For A Finite Life by Frank O’Nomics Seeking a solution for… Continue reading Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Contents
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: week in Brief: UK
06 July 2017 Week In Brief: UK Government AUSTERITY: The government’s austerity policy has come under renewed pressure with demonstrations against the 1% limit on increases to public sector pay and cuts to the real education budget. The 1% pay cap has been in place since 2013, before which time there was a freeze on… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: week in Brief: UK
Issue 112: Crossword – China – solution
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Issue 112: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 22
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Issue 112: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 22 – printable
6 July 2017 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 22 Across 1 Nerd associated with policy (4) 3 ‘The sedge is …….from the lake, And no birds sing.’ Keats (7) 9 They stand tall all the way from Canada to New Mexico (7) 10 Weapon requiring a shoulder (5) 11 Used… Continue reading Issue 112: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 22 – printable
Issue 112:2017 07 06:Saving too little,spending too much (Frank O’Nomics)
06 July 2017 Saving too little, spending too much The stark facts regarding household finances by Frank O’Nomics It’s not exactly Mr. Micawber’s recipe for happiness. Recent increases in the UK’s cost of living are having a significant impact on both household savings and levels of debt. The pick up in inflation at a time… Continue reading Issue 112:2017 07 06:Saving too little,spending too much (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 112:2017 07 06:Hanging on in (J.R.Thomas)
06 July 2017 Hanging On In Clive James lives on by J.R.Thomas Soon after the launch of the Shaw Sheet on an unsuspecting world, we carried a review of Clive Jame’s “Sentenced to Life”, a slender but powerful book of the great Australia polymath’s poetry. James was apparently not long for this world, and in… Continue reading Issue 112:2017 07 06:Hanging on in (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Elvis Is Dead (Chin Chin)
06 July 2017 Elvis Is Dead And a victory for Thames Rowing Club. By Chin Chin There is no question but that things are serious. Until recently one could rely on the regularity of British life. Labour governments, Conservative governments, coalitions, etc; they all came and went, changing things a bit on the surface of… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Elvis Is Dead (Chin Chin)
Issue 112:2017 07 06:Week in Brief Financial
06 July 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY NO DIVIDENDS FOR GOING INTERCITY: The number of passengers carried may be reaching record levels, and the railway network is probably in its best physical condition for eighty years, but profits are proving elusive. In fact, rail earnings are at their lowest level for a… Continue reading Issue 112:2017 07 06:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 112:2017 07 06:Milking the Money Tree (J.R.Thomas)
06 July 2017 Milking the Money Tree Will Labour split? by J.R.Thomas A cruel radio skit on Radio 4 suggested that Mr Corbyn’s ambition is to visit a range of constituencies around the country this summer. And why should that be so cruel? Because they are all the locations of major music festivals over the… Continue reading Issue 112:2017 07 06:Milking the Money Tree (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 112:2017 07 06:Phone-hacking, the future of the media(R.D.Shackleton)
06 July 2017 Phone-hacking, the future of the media And why Hacked Off should Back Off by R.D. Shackleton As I’m going to write about phone-hacking, I had better, in the interests of full disclosure, mention that I was caught up in the Metropolitan police investigation. Not as a phone-hacker, you’ll understand. But as one… Continue reading Issue 112:2017 07 06:Phone-hacking, the future of the media(R.D.Shackleton)
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Entryist Politics (John Watson)
06 July 2017 Entryist Politics The knives of McDonnell. By John Watson The Ides of March are still many months off but, if the press are to be believed, Mrs May would do well to keep an eye out on her visits to the Palace of Westminster. It would be nice to think that those… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Entryist Politics (John Watson)
