30 November 2017 Damned If We Do Is land yesterday’s asset? by J.R. Thomas Thanksgiving Day in the United States was this year marked by a relatively new but increasingly powerful ceremony in which the early settlers are damned to the brims of their furlined hats and to the soles of their leather boots. Not… Continue reading Issue 131:201 11 30:Damned if we do (J.R.Thomas)
Month: November 2017
Issue 131: 2017 11 30: What’s on in December(AGGro)
30 November 2017 What’s on in December or what will you find in the News? by AGGro FRI 1st World AIDS Day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, and mourning those who have died of the disease. 75 years ago: WW2 – The cruiser US Northampton… Continue reading Issue 131: 2017 11 30: What’s on in December(AGGro)
Issue 130: Crossword – The Silver Screen
23 November 2017 Crossword by Boffles The Silver Screen To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 130: Crossword – The Silver Screen – printable
23 November 2017 Crossword by Boffles The Silver Screen Across 5 Australian fantasy? (3,6,2,2) 8 Latin conjunction (2) 9 Surveillance was key in the Anderson ones (5) 10 ‘The Sun … Rises’ was about the Lost Generation (4) 11 Formal headgear for Astaire and Rogers classic (3,3) 12 Mountain of a man often filmed with… Continue reading Issue 130: Crossword – The Silver Screen – printable
Issue 130: Crossword – What a Mess – solution
23 November 2017 Crossword by Boffles What a Mess – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 129: 2017 11 16: Contents
16 November 2017: Issue 129 The Week’s News A Lens On The Week Comment Taxing For Mr Trump by J R Thomas The president needs a legislative success. Pre-School Brain-Training by Lynda Goetz Brits need to look at other countries. The Tesco Advertisement by John Watson What are immigrants invited to join? A New Peace Initiative For Palestine… Continue reading Issue 129: 2017 11 16: Contents
Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Ace Reporter (Chin Chin)
23 November 2017 Ace Reporter! Chin Chin turns to politics By Chin Chin Phew, the Shaw Sheet published my article last week. That is a big relief. Unfortunately though, my career as an investigative journalist has suffered a setback. You see a crucial part of the “Panorama method” is confrontation, hassling the victims so that… Continue reading Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Ace Reporter (Chin Chin)
Issue 130:2017 11 23:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
23 November 2011 Diary of a Corbynista EU Withdrawal Bill, Philip Hammond budget coming – no end to the excitement 15 November So begins the 8 day marathon that is the EU Withdrawal Bill. The Daily Telegraph has on its front page photos of 15 potential Tory rebels. 16 November If you were the Housing… Continue reading Issue 130:2017 11 23:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Keeping Our Balance (John Watson)
23 November 2017 Keeping Our Balance Sexual predators. By John Watson Mirrors are the harbingers of self-doubt. To shave effectively in the morning you need to concentrate very carefully on the image which confronts you. How easy it is to fall, by way perhaps of a short narcissistic reverie, into a critical examination of the… Continue reading Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Keeping Our Balance (John Watson)
Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Our Blue Planet (Lynda Goetz)
23 November 2017 Our Blue Planet Increasing awareness of plastic pollution. By Lynda Goetz Last year a friend of my daughter did a 260-mile trip around the Cornish coast on a SUP (stand-up paddleboard) to raise funds* for Surfers Against Sewage, a charity working to raise awareness, inter alia, of pollution to our oceans, including plastic… Continue reading Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Our Blue Planet (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 130:2017 11 23 :Kenya and Zimbabwe (Neil Tidmarsh)
23 November 2017 Kenya And Zimbabwe One president stays in, another president goes out. by Neil Tidmarsh This week, the Supreme Court in one East African country decided that the president should stay, while the governing party (with the help of the army) in another East African country decided that the president should go. One… Continue reading Issue 130:2017 11 23 :Kenya and Zimbabwe (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 130:2017 11 23:From “Spreadsheet Phil” to “Hamstrung Hammond”(Frank O’Nomics)
23 November 2017 From “Spreadsheet Phil” to “Hamstrung Hammond”. Budget hat devoid of rabbits. by Frank O’Nomics. Ahead of this week’s Budget there was, as ever, no shortage of advice for the Chancellor from every conceivable direction. Whether it was demand for more housing, more pay for the public sector or student debt relief the… Continue reading Issue 130:2017 11 23:From “Spreadsheet Phil” to “Hamstrung Hammond”(Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 130:2017 11 23:Sentence First (J.R.Thomas)
23 November 2011 Sentence First Dealing with the change in manners. By J R Thomas “No, no” said the Queen “Sentence first – verdict afterwards.” “Stuff and nonsense!” said Alice loudly. “The idea of having the sentence first!” Alice in Wonderland of course, as the ever growing Alice expands out of the jury box until… Continue reading Issue 130:2017 11 23:Sentence First (J.R.Thomas)
