26 July 2018 Snuggling in the Heather Losing the Curlew. By J R Thomas There are moments of such wonderful irony that one just has to laugh. Conservation, though we should of course be concerned and correct, does have a tendency to produce laughs at guffaw volume. Owners of diesel cars need a sense of… Continue reading Issue 164: 2018 07 26: Snuggling in the Heather
Article Category: Features
Issue 152: 2018 05 03: A bump in the road
3 May 2018 A Bump in the Road Keep your eyes on the carriageway by J R Thomas These are not happy times to reach the top of the slippery pole of politics. We live in an era and with technology where the voice of the populace grows ever louder, and more immediate, and angry. … Continue reading Issue 152: 2018 05 03: A bump in the road
Issue 152: 2018 05 03: French Conspiracy
03 May 2018 French Conspiracy Another Louis! By Chin Chin Louis, I ask you! Fifth in line to the throne of England and with a French name. And not just any French name either. It’s a name which has been borne by nineteen French kings, one of them hyphenated and another, even more pretentiously, canonised.… Continue reading Issue 152: 2018 05 03: French Conspiracy
Issue 151: 2018 04 26: Desperately seeking funghi
26 April 2018 Desperately seeking fungi Mushroom Foraging on Hampstead Heath by Frank O’Nomics. Oh for the carefree life of self-sufficiency! To roam the fields, living free off the fruits of nature, high in vitamins and low in fat. So it was that when I took myself to Hampstead Heath for a morning’s tutored mushroom… Continue reading Issue 151: 2018 04 26: Desperately seeking funghi
Issue 151: 2018 04 26: When is meat not meat?
26 April 2018 When is Meat not Meat? France to rename meat substitutes. By Lynda Goetz “‘Sausage’ is not simply a meat product” the lady argued on the radio. “It is a recognised shape”. This does seem to make a fair point, but what about ‘chicken’ or ‘steak’? The French government’s recent decision to legislate… Continue reading Issue 151: 2018 04 26: When is meat not meat?
Issue 151: 2018 04 26: An Apparition
26 April 2018 An Apparition My time as a ghost. By Chin Chin It isn’t often that I get to appear as a ghost. Not often enough, the nastier of you may mutter, but I am not going to listen to you. I am not going to let your malice make things worse. They are… Continue reading Issue 151: 2018 04 26: An Apparition
Issue 150: 2018 04 19: Son of the Prophet!
19 April 2018 Son of the Prophet! The House of al-Chin. By Chin Chin Sometimes, just sometimes, your prayers are answered. There I was last week complaining that there was nothing much of interest in the English newspapers, even that the French had gone one up on us in the dramatic quality of their current… Continue reading Issue 150: 2018 04 19: Son of the Prophet!
Issue 150: 2018 04 19: Camelot in Carlisle
19 April 2018 Camelot in Carlisle by J R Thomas Did the dying King Arthur throw Excalibur in the Solway? Was the Round Table to be found in the Great Hall of Carlisle Castle? Before legions of angry readers pound their keyboards in protest, pointing out that Camelot was located at (feel free to fill… Continue reading Issue 150: 2018 04 19: Camelot in Carlisle
Issue 149: 2018 04 12: Coming Back
12 April 2018 Coming Back Macron too macro? By Chin Chin Well, where are they, then? The first signs of spring, where are they? There I was in New Zealand, living life in the sunshine, sitting on a deck gazing over the Pacific, the hard choice of the day being whether that bottle of iced… Continue reading Issue 149: 2018 04 12: Coming Back
Issue 149: 2018 04 12: On yer bike!
12 April 2018 On yer bike! Uber’s move into bicycle sharing could transform our cities. By Frank O’Nomics I have been a convert to shared cycle schemes for some time. The convenience of walking up to a TfL cycle stand, picking up a bike and getting to my next appointment quickly by taking some modest… Continue reading Issue 149: 2018 04 12: On yer bike!
Issue 148: 2018 04 05: A Strange Course
5 April 2018 A Strange Course Hunting Hares by J.R. Thomas Occasionally the Shaw Sheet pulls on its gumboots, finds a warm coat and gloves and battered hat, and wanders off to the country. The United Kingdom is an intensely urbanised land, probably the most built-up sizable country in the world, and one of the… Continue reading Issue 148: 2018 04 05: A Strange Course
Issue 148: 2018 04 05: April Fools’ Day
05 April 2018 April Fools’ Day Planning a prank. By Chin Chin The beginning of April is always a problem. In flies one of the children with some story about the car having been stolen from the drive during the night; convincing it was, too, after that poisoning business in Salisbury. You can’t trust those… Continue reading Issue 148: 2018 04 05: April Fools’ Day
Issue 147: 2018 03 29:Not A Moveable Feast
29 March 2018 Not A Moveable Feast The milk chocolate Easter Act. By Neil Tidmarsh Stop! Put that Easter egg down, madam! Put it down, and step away! Slowly! You’re under arrest! Right, sergeant, get the cuffs on her. And search this house. Get the men in and get the chocolate-sniffer dogs in and turn… Continue reading Issue 147: 2018 03 29:Not A Moveable Feast
