Month: August 2017

Issue 117:2017 08 10:Consorting With Power (Neil Tidmarsh)

10 August 2017 Consorting With Power Prince Philip and others. by Neil Tidmarsh The Shaw Sheet congratulates Prince Philip on his retirement at the age of 96 after 65 years of public service. It also congratulates him on defying the Daily Telegraph’s account of his death; a rough draft of his obituary was somehow published… Continue reading Issue 117:2017 08 10:Consorting With Power (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Contents

03 August 2017: Issue 116 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment Flexible Government by John Watson The need to bring other parties on board. Dancing On Hot Coals by J R Thomas Turmoil in the White House. Venezuela’s Dinosaur by Neil Tidmarsh Extinction threatens. Normal Culture For Norfolk by Frank O’Nomics Have arguments for staying… Continue reading Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Contents

Issue 117: Crossword – Au Bord de la Mer

10 August 2017 Crossword by Boffles Au Bord de la Mer   To see a printable version of this crossword       Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 117: 2017 08 10: The Holiday Competition (Chin Chin)

10 August 2017 The Holiday Competition A change in conversation. By Chin Chin An English summer sees many changes. The trees which budded in April begin to lose their spring blossom and come into glorious leaf in the course of June.  Meanwhile, down on the chalk streams, the trout, gorged on the plentiful insect life… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: The Holiday Competition (Chin Chin)

Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Charlie Gard (John Watson)

10 August 2017 Charlie Gard A reminder of the other issues. By John Watson The Charlie Gard case leaves different images with each of us.  Some will simply see the parents’ anguish, their hopes for a miracle cure being dashed by the medical evidence.  Others will see the team from Great Ormond Street hospital prepared… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Charlie Gard (John Watson)

Issue 117:2017 08 10:Week in Brief Financial

10 August 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY POWER BOOST:  As the government ponders what to do, if anything, about promises made to review consumer electricity and gas prices, here comes some more competition to the supply side.  It is serious competition indeed – Royal Dutch Shell, the oil drilling, refining, and retailing… Continue reading Issue 117:2017 08 10:Week in Brief Financial

Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Week in Brief: UK

10 August 2017 Week in Brief: UK Brexit TRADING DISPUTES:  The Department for International Trade is recruiting staff to deal with trading disputes after Brexit.  The team, expected to comprise some 130 personnel, will not begin to operate until Britain leaves the Customs Union. FISHING:  Speaking in Denmark, Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has said… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 117:2017 08 10:A better Plas(J.R.Thomas)

10 August 2017 A better Plas The legacy of Clough Williams-Ellis by J.R. Thomas Clough Williams-Ellis’s career bestrode most the twentieth century. “Who he?” you may be muttering over the muesli; if and when you do recall who he, you may well smite your forehead and shout “Of course!” Clough, born in 1883, was by… Continue reading Issue 117:2017 08 10:A better Plas(J.R.Thomas)

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