29 March 2018 Fantastic Behaviour and Ladies Bathing by J R Thomas Some days it is not just necessary, but vital, to take a rolled ice-cold towel, retire to a darkened room, and sit, pressing the chilled instrument to the throbbing brow, trying to work out, without much hope of enlightenment, the current state of… Continue reading Issue 147: 2018 03 29:Fantastic Behaviour
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Issue 147: 2018 03 29:Flying Back
29 March 2018 Flying Back New seasons for old. By Chin Chin If you have ever read Sir Henry Rider Haggard’s adventure story Nada the Lily, you will recall that Chaka, the brutal Zulu King, liked people to address him in the third person as “The heavens above”. When I read the book at about… Continue reading Issue 147: 2018 03 29:Flying Back
Issue 146: 2018 03 22: Is It Art?
22 March 2018 Is It Art? The £25 a bottle rule. By Chin Chin As far as the arts are concerned I am a £25 a bottle man. That doesn’t mean that I need a stiff one before going to the Tate Modern or that I slope off to the bar between the intervals at… Continue reading Issue 146: 2018 03 22: Is It Art?
Issue 145: 2018 03 15: Perfidious Albion
15 March 2018 Perfidious Albion Continentals in ditch. By Chin Chin “Bonjour, mon Cousin.” “Bonjour, mon vieux croissant,” then kissing noises as ‘la bise’ is delivered over the receiver. No, no, not a French kiss in that sense, telephone receivers taste disgusting anyway, but the formal double kiss exchanged between French males of the same… Continue reading Issue 145: 2018 03 15: Perfidious Albion
Issue 144: 2018 03 08: The Storm’s The Thing
08 March 2018 The Storm’s The Thing An ill wind. By Chin Chin It has been quite a year for those who like extreme weather. With the UK reeling under the twin impact of the Beast from the East and Hurricane Emma, their hobby has been delivered to the doorstep as if it had been… Continue reading Issue 144: 2018 03 08: The Storm’s The Thing
Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Eros and Thanatos
01 March 2018 Eros and Thanatos Sex & Death: the end of a beautiful relationship? By Neil Tidmarsh. Have you heard? I know we don’t usually have anything to do with tabloid gossip here at Shaw Sheet, but, well, this is a scoop, a genuine exclusive… Listen – yes, come closer! – that most famous… Continue reading Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Eros and Thanatos
Issue 143: 2018 03 01: De-Plasticising
01 March 2018 De-Plasticising Leading the new fashion. By Chin Chin No, it isn’t a new fad. I really have always thought that way. About plastics, I mean. About how they are polluting our planet and shouldn’t be allowed, especially if you are eating on the beach. It is true that I only went public… Continue reading Issue 143: 2018 03 01: De-Plasticising
Issue 142: 2018 02 22: Telling It As It Is
22 February 2018 Telling It As It Is By J R Thomas Your correspondent’s first exposure to a work of Will Shakespeare was “Julius Caesar” at a provincial theatre. Caesar appeared as a Mussolini lookalike, all fascistic salutes and tightly tailored trouserings, with sneering acolytes strutting around behind him. We schoolboys got the message; this… Continue reading Issue 142: 2018 02 22: Telling It As It Is
Issue 142: 2018 02 22: McGovern’s Law
22 February 2018 McGovern’s Law The new maths. By Chin Chin It cost me a night’s sleep, that terrible story about education minister, Nick Gibb, who refused to multiply 9 by 8 when asked to do so by Jeremy Kyle on live television. He may have been criticised for his decision, but imagine what would… Continue reading Issue 142: 2018 02 22: McGovern’s Law
Issue 141: 2018 02 15: Reading In The Sun
15 February 2018 Reading In The Sun The Old Testament. By Chin Chin It is hot in the southern hemisphere so a certain amount of the time has to be spent reading in a deck chair, sipping a glass of cold beer. Actually, that is a little misleading as to priorities. The important bit is the… Continue reading Issue 141: 2018 02 15: Reading In The Sun
Issue 140: 2018 02 08: Country Living
08 February 2018 Country Living A valid choice in spite of certain ‘deprivations’. By Lynda Goetz Not all, but many of those who live in the country have made a conscious decision to do so. It may well mean that they do not have world-class theatre on the doorstep; that public transport is either minimal… Continue reading Issue 140: 2018 02 08: Country Living
Issue 140: 2018 02 08: Coffee Table Books
08 February 2018 Coffee Table Books Fire and Fury. By Chin Chin For Christmas I received a nice new Kindle. Every book, every page, now available in black and white with the font pleasantly readable, it is a pleasure to use. No need to buy any more hard copies. No need to wait in for… Continue reading Issue 140: 2018 02 08: Coffee Table Books
Issue 139: 2018 02 01: Time to be a dragon?
01 February 2018 Is it time to be a dragon? Venture Capital Trusts may be worth a look. by Frank O’Nomics Those of us who enjoy watching the BBC’s Dragon’s Den probably do so in part because we quite fancy having a wad of cash in front of us to spend on the next big… Continue reading Issue 139: 2018 02 01: Time to be a dragon?
