23 November 2017: Issue 130 The Week’s News A Lens On The Week Comment Sentence First by J R Thomas Dealing with the change in manners. Our Blue Planet by Lynda Goetz Increasing awareness of plastic pollution. Keeping Our Balance by John Watson Sexual predators. Kenya And Zimbabwe by Neil Tidmarsh One president stays in, another president goes out. From… Continue reading Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Contents
Month: November 2017
Issue 131: Crossword – Africa
30 November 2017 Crossword by Boffles Africa To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 131: Crossword – The Silver Screen – solution
30 November 2017 Crossword by Boffles The Silver Screen – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 131: 2017 11 30: Low Productivity (John Watson)
30 November 2017 Low Productivity A price paid for virtue? By John Watson For all the cautious common sense behind Mr Hammond’s measures, as he doled out a billion here and a billion there to serve as sticking plaster for the nation’s problems, they could only achieve so much in the face of the forecast… Continue reading Issue 131: 2017 11 30: Low Productivity (John Watson)
Issue 131: Crossword – Africa – printable
30 November 2017 Crossword by Boffles Africa Across 6 Died a hero’s death at Khartoum (7,6) 8 Fundamentalist creed troubling Egypt and Libya among other countries (8) 9 Is the fall of Mugabe . .. for democracy? (1,3) 10 Our distant ancestors were such rough wooers in Ethiopia and Kenya (7) 12 Why the Nile… Continue reading Issue 131: Crossword – Africa – printable
Issue 131: 2017 11 30: Autumnal Cheer (Chin Chin)
30 November 2017 Autumnal Cheer Tax return time is here. By Chin Chin For many, autumn is a sad season. The warmth has largely gone out of the sun and, although the days are often bright, the weather is turning colder and wetter. For those who live in the country it may be an opportunity… Continue reading Issue 131: 2017 11 30: Autumnal Cheer (Chin Chin)
Issue 131:2917 11 30:making a difference (Lynda Goeatz)
30 November 2017 Making a Difference Should we be extra careful now? by Lynda Goetz You’ve probably heard it often in the past, “I am just one person. How can I make a difference?” We probably hear it less these days because with the advent of social media and instant online sharing, not to… Continue reading Issue 131:2917 11 30:making a difference (Lynda Goeatz)
Issue 131:2017 11 30:A lens on the week
30 November 2017 A lens on the week UK BREXIT: Posturing, grandstanding and a smattering of mischief making, all the usual ingredients of the U.K.’s relationship with the Republic of Ireland, have been on display in relation to Brexit. The problem is the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic. While no physical border is… Continue reading Issue 131:2017 11 30:A lens on the week
Issue 131: 2017 11 30:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
30 November 2017 Diary of a Corbynista Spin at home, thuggery abroad by Don Urquhart 22 November Hammond’s budget will be a feeble affair. He will make gestures in the popular directions – NHS, Housing, Education, Infrastructure. He will claim success in terms of employment and deficit reduction, although the most recent deficit figures have… Continue reading Issue 131: 2017 11 30:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
Issue 131:2017 12 30: Robert Mugabe, Ratko Mladic… and President Assad?(Neil Tidmarsh)
30 November 2017 Robert Mugabe, Ratko Mladic… and President Assad? A bad time for bad guys By Neil Tidmarsh Last week, Robert Mugabe was forced to resign as president of Zimbabwe; this week, Ratko Mladic was found guilty of war crimes at The Hague and sentenced to life in prison. It seems to be a… Continue reading Issue 131:2017 12 30: Robert Mugabe, Ratko Mladic… and President Assad?(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 131:2017 11 30:Barber Shop Chronicles (Adam McCormack)
30 November 2017 Barber Shop Chronicles (a play by Inua Ellams) The Dorfman Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating: **** For some of us a visit to the barber’s is a purely functional exercise where, at best, the level of discussion might hit the heights of holiday destinations. However, for five communities in Africa… Continue reading Issue 131:2017 11 30:Barber Shop Chronicles (Adam McCormack)
Issue 131:2017 11 30: The easy way to increase productivity (Frank O’Nomics)
30 November 2017 The easy way to increase productivity – stop cyberslacking! 2 ½ hours a day on a Smartphone restricts output. By Frank O’Nomics How many times during the day does the Internet or social media distract you from your work? Before you click off, worried that this is just another such occasion please… Continue reading Issue 131:2017 11 30: The easy way to increase productivity (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 131:2017 11 30: Battle of the sexes (Adam McCormack)
30 November 2017 Battle of the Sexes A film by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris reviewed by Adam McCormack Star Rating: *** Women’s professional tennis has come a long way. In the early 1970’s the prize money available to women at USLTA events was a mere fraction of that paid to the men, and in… Continue reading Issue 131:2017 11 30: Battle of the sexes (Adam McCormack)
