12 October 2017: Issue 124
The week’s news –
your chance to catch up:
Comment
Mrs May’s Speech by John Watson
A look at the substance.
Spanish Customs by J R Thomas
The trouble in Catalonia.
Does Macron Need To Mind His Argot? by Richard Pooley
Why does his vocabulary matter?
A Timely Nudge For Economics by Richard Pooley
Richard Thaler’s Nobel Prize signals a new direction.
Show Yourself by Neil Tidmarsh
Face on for a face off.
Features
Essay Shopping by Chin Chin
Room for diversification.
A Sense Of Belonging by Lynda Goetz
A primal need.
Reviews
The Anatomy Of A Moment (by Javier Cercas, translated by Anne Mclean)
published by Bloomsbury
reviewed by J R Thomas
Knives In Hens (by David Harrower)
The Donmar Warehouse
reviewed by Adam McCormack
Puzzles, Cartoons and Calendar
Cartoons by AGGro.
Crossword by Boffles: “Plain Vanilla 25”.
Solution to the last crossword “Fashion Week”.
Quiz by Boffles.
Answers to Quiz.
What’s on in October 2017 by AGGro.