12 October 2017 A Sense Of Belonging A primal need. By Lynda Goetz I happened by chance to listen to part of a programme on Radio 4 this morning on the choral history of Britain. In it, the British baritone and composer Roderick Williams OBE was exploring the way music used to be much more… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12: A Sense Of Belonging (Lynda Goetz)
Month: October 2017
Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Essay Shopping (Chin Chin)
12 October 2017 Essay Shopping Room for diversification. By Chin Chin Some people would carp at anything and the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education clearly has more than its fair proportion of naysayers. Their latest target? Essay websites providing material which the student can use to obtain his or her degree or Ph.D. What… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Essay Shopping (Chin Chin)
Issue 124:2017 10 12:Show Yourself (Neil Tidmarsh)
12 October 2017 Show Yourself Face on for a face off. By Neil Tidmarsh The Austrian government’s Anti-Face Veiling Act came into force last Sunday, and only days later this ‘burka ban’ law claimed its first victim. But the victim wasn’t a woman wearing a burka. It was a man dressed up as a shark.… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:Show Yourself (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 124: Plain Vanilla 25
12 October 2017 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 25 To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 124: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 25 – printable
12 October 2017 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 25 Across 1 Branch of the law for the protection of luvvies? (6) 4 ‘Nature ……… a vacuum’ Aristotle (6) 9 Signs of learning (1-6) 10 ‘I was elsewhere’ defence (5) 11 What the ambitious want to do in life (3,2) 12 Favourite fruit of millennials, we… Continue reading Issue 124: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 25 – printable
Issue 124: Crossword – Fashion Week – solution
12 October 2017 Crossword by Boffles Fashion Week – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Contents
05 October 2017: Issue 123 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment The Referendum In Catalonia by John Watson How does the upsurge in separatism affect the EU? The Tale Of Mrs M by J R Thomas Muti – the next chapter. All Right? by Neil Tidmarsh Not quite. Student Loan Groan – There Must Be… Continue reading Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Contents
Issue 124 :2017 10 12 Cartoons(AGGro)
12 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 124:2017 10 12:Week in Brief International
12 October 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: The Social Democrats have fallen to third place in polls ahead of next week’s elections, as a result of a scandal about an internet smear campaign against Sebastian Kurz, leader of the rival Peoples’ Party. The far right Freedom Party is in second place. The… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:Week in Brief International
Issue124:2017 10 12 :Week in Brief Financial
12 October 2017 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY PLUMB TO RIGHTS: For many years one of the darlings of the Stock Exchange, and latterly of the FTSE100, was Wolseley, the retail and wholesale supplier of bits and bobs to the plumbing industry in Britain in the UK. For more than 25 years it… Continue reading Issue124:2017 10 12 :Week in Brief Financial
Issue 124:2017 10 12:Does Macron need to mind his argot?(Richard Pooley)
12 October 2017 Does Macron need to mind his argot? Why does his vocabulary matter? By Richard Pooley I am sending this article to Shaw Sheet’s esteemed editor a day early. I have no idea what his policy is on the use of swearwords in his august organ. But if you find he has resorted… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:Does Macron need to mind his argot?(Richard Pooley)
Issue 124:2017 10 12:Knives in Hens (Adam McCormack)
12 October 2017 Knives in Hens – a play by David Harrower Donmar Warehouse reviewed by Adam McCormack On the surface this play is extremely simple. Just 3 characters and a spare set that has little more on it than a huge mill stone. The simplicity is reminiscent of those basic economic models where there… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:Knives in Hens (Adam McCormack)
Issue 124:2017 10 12:A timely nudge for economics (Frank O’Nomics)
12 October 2017 A timely nudge for economics Richard Thaler’s Nobel Prize signals a new direction. by Frank O’Nomics The economics profession has a very poor track record. Despite the decades of research that have been spent in analysing the economic cycle, seeking solutions that will ease hardship and promote growth, there has been little… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:A timely nudge for economics (Frank O’Nomics)
