26 October 2017 What’s on in November 2017 …or what you will find in the News? By AGGro WED 1st * ALL SAINTS DAY (aka Hallowtide). * Movember – annual Charity event involving the growing of moustaches during November to raise awareness of men’s health issues e.g. prostate & testicular cancer. * 100 years ago:… Continue reading Issue 126:2017 10 26: What’s on in November 2017(AGGro)
Month: October 2017
Issue126:2017 10 26:Cartoons(AGGro)
26 October 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 126: 2017 10 26: Good Seed on the Land (J.R.Thomas)
26 October 2017 Good Seed On The Land Development opportunity: but for what? by J R Thomas Last week we walked gloomily across Britain’s wet and empty farmlands, harvest gone, fields full of detritus and decay, empathising with the nation’s farmers and digesting the advice of AHDB (that jolly quango, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development… Continue reading Issue 126: 2017 10 26: Good Seed on the Land (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 126:2017 10 26:Who will preserve languages from extinction?(Atina Dimitrova)
26 October 2017 Who will preserve languages from extinction? and why they will do it by Atina Dimitrova Nelson Mandela said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” Languages are the greatest way… Continue reading Issue 126:2017 10 26:Who will preserve languages from extinction?(Atina Dimitrova)
Issue 125: 2017 10 19: What Is “Normal”? (Lynda Goetz)
19 October 2017 What is ‘Normal’? Towards a post-gender age. By Lynda Goetz ‘Normal’ is a word I have never really liked. Many use it without thought. According to the Oxford Dictionary definition, the primary meaning of the adjective is ‘conforming to a standard; usual, typical or expected’. As a noun, the second definition is… Continue reading Issue 125: 2017 10 19: What Is “Normal”? (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 125: 2017 10 19: Week in Brief: UK
19 October 2017 Week In Brief: UK NEWS Brexit THE EU POSITION: Currently the parties are at something of an impasse. On the one hand the UK Government is not willing (and indeed is politically unable) to improve on the offer made by Mrs May in Florence to fund our share of the current cycle of… Continue reading Issue 125: 2017 10 19: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 125:2017 10 19:Week in Brief International
19 October 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: In last weekend’s elections, the Conservative Peoples’ Party (OVP) came first with 31.7%, the Social Democrats (SPO) second with 27.4%, and the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) third with 26.5%. (Other parties: NEOS 5%, PILZ 4.1%, Green 3.3%, others 2%)…. Sebastian Kurtz, the leader of the OVP,… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:Week in Brief International
Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Contents
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… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Contents
Issue 125:2017 10 19:The Quickness of the Mouth Deceives(J.R.Thomas)
19 December 2017 The Quickness of the Mouth Deceives The actions of Mr Trump by J.R. Thomas A reader of the Shaw Sheet gave us some good advice the other day. “Don’t listen to what Mr Trump says” he said sagaciously. We nodded over the prawn cocktail; but he had not concluded his remarks.… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:The Quickness of the Mouth Deceives(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 125: 2017 10 19: Bad News Opportunity (Chin Chin)
19 October 2017 Bad News Opportunity Using the Hollywood sex scandal. By Chin Chin Well there’s an opportunity to be sure. While the attention of the nation is focused on Hollywood actresses and casting couches, other news can be slipped out without anyone spotting it. What is it you said? Something about the Treasury having… Continue reading Issue 125: 2017 10 19: Bad News Opportunity (Chin Chin)
Issue 125: Crossword – The Emerald Isle
19 October 2017 Crossword by Boffles The Emerald Isle To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 125: Crossword – The Emerald Isle – printable
19 October 2017 Crossword by Boffles The Emerald Isle Across 1 Monarch revered by 7dn (4,7) 6 ‘And pluck till time and times are done The silver apples of the …….’ 10ac (4) 8 Puritan who pacified it with harsh measures (8) 10 ‘Under bare Ben Bulben’s head, In Drumcliff churchyard’ he lies (5) 12… Continue reading Issue 125: Crossword – The Emerald Isle – printable
Issue 125: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 25 – solution
19 October 2017 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 25 – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp