02 May 2019 Asteroid Attack The universe strikes back. By Neil Tidmarsh Oh no, not another apocalypse looming on the horizon! As if climate change (Extinction Rebellion, Greta Thunberg) and the decay of democracy (almost 60% of Americans, over 50% of Britons and over 40% of Germans are dissatisfied with democracy, according to a survey… Continue reading Issue 200: 2019 05 02: Asteroid Attack
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Issue 200: 2019 05 02: Ruffled Feathers
02 May 2019 Ruffled Feathers Conservation consternation. By Lynda Goetz In a vaguely amusing piece entitled ‘Guiltless Food… is it possible?’ in last week’s Countryman’s Weekly by contributor Ryan Lynch, he related a pub conversation prompted by his dog, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, bred for retrieving ducks. The ‘young lady’ interrogating him about the dog… Continue reading Issue 200: 2019 05 02: Ruffled Feathers
Issue 200: 2019 05 02: Reparations and Bunkum
02 May 2019 Reparations and Bunkum Cambridge University. By Robert Kilconner About bloody time too. Under the leadership of Vice Chancellor Stephen Toope, a Canadian academic, Cambridge has at last decided to face up to its past and to run a project to identify whether, and if so by how much, the university gained from… Continue reading Issue 200: 2019 05 02: Reparations and Bunkum
Issue 199: 2019 04 25: Extinction Rebellion
25 April 2019 Extinction Rebellion Moving on. By John Watson It is impossible not to feel admiration for Dr Gail Bradbrook of Extinction Rebellion. She has taken the environmental agenda of the far left group Rising Up and has turned it into a movement which stands outside left/right politics. In a week of direct action,… Continue reading Issue 199: 2019 04 25: Extinction Rebellion
Issue 199: 2019 04 25: Diary of a Corbynista
25 April 2019 Diary of a Corbynista Public Services Crumbling by Don Urquhart 18 April My wife walked down the middle of Whitehall. No chance of being run over. It was like Glastonbury without the mud with tents everywhere and impromptu singing and dancing. People waved to her and wished her good day. Everyone including… Continue reading Issue 199: 2019 04 25: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 199: 2019 04 25: Europe Loves the UK
25 April 2019 Europe Loves the UK Money runs counter to political rhetoric. by Frank O’Nomics Are those that talk down the UK economy just looking to buy at a cheaper price? For all the gloom and despondency surrounding the intractable Brexit negotiations, the UK has not only remained a major target for overseas businesses… Continue reading Issue 199: 2019 04 25: Europe Loves the UK
Issue 199: 2019 04 25: May and Huawei
25 April 2019 May and Huawei Has she gone mad? By Lynda Goetz I don’t think I can be the only one to be asking the question, ‘Has Theresa May finally lost it?’ Given the difficulties of the task she is facing and the stress of the last few years it is not difficult to… Continue reading Issue 199: 2019 04 25: May and Huawei
Issue 199: 2019 04 25: Holy Week, Unholy Deeds.
24 April 2019 Holy Week, Unholy Deeds China and Sri Lanka. By Neil Tidmarsh This week the History Channel announced a new eight-part drama series – Jesus: His Life. It’s the latest in the plethora of movies and TV dramas which have retold the Gospel story in the last fifty years – the huge number… Continue reading Issue 199: 2019 04 25: Holy Week, Unholy Deeds.
Issue 199: 2019 04 25: Blame
25 April 2019 Blame The Victims Sacrificed by Simon Baseley Crimewatch Live is a daytime TV show which homes in on various aspects of police work as well as providing a platform from which members of the public are invited to assist with solving crimes. This latter usually involves a short reconstruction aided by whatever… Continue reading Issue 199: 2019 04 25: Blame
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Matters of Rights
18 April 2019 Matters of Rights Assange and Vunipola By John Watson Those who have played “Who would I like to ask for dinner?” will recall that the game has several layers. First you have to choose a list of interesting people, alive or dead, who you and the other players would like to meet. … Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Matters of Rights
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Notre Dame’s Easter
18 April 2019 Notre Dame’s Easter. Death and resurrection. By Neil Tidmarsh Yesterday the Louvre described the fire as “a disaster for the world heritage of humanity”, and so it was; but it could have been so much worse. The wooden roof and spire have gone; much of the art in the nave must have… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Notre Dame’s Easter
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Justice For All
18 April 2019 Justice For All A choice of three. By J R Thomas Three interesting people were in the news last week and if this was a TV quiz show, Magnus Magnusson or Jeremy Paxman would doubtless ask a sweating contestant who was the odd one out. But this is the Shaw Sheet, and… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Justice For All
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Dumb and Number
18 April 2019 Dumb and Number Licence plates for bikes would be a mistake. By Frank O’Nomics Challenging the views of one of the UK’s most respected peers is dangerous. Lord Winston, the pioneer of IVF, is highly regarded and sought after for his views on all things medical. Given that he is such an… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Dumb and Number
