29 November 2018 Eat It All! Edible wrappers. By Chin Chin Eating fish and chips is a form of education. No, I don’t mean that the actual chewing teaches you anything, although for all I know the graunching systems of modern dustcarts may be based on those of the human mouth. Nor is it the… Continue reading Issue 180: 2018 11 29: Eat It All!
Article Category: Features
Issue 179: 2018 11 22: Worse Than Brexit
22 November 2018 Worse Than Brexit Number employed increases. By Chin Chin What depressing news. No, not the febrile state of the Brexit negotiations. That is quite bad enough, but there is something worse, much worse. It is the employment statistics revealed on the Office of National Statistics website. Try this comment in respect of… Continue reading Issue 179: 2018 11 22: Worse Than Brexit
Issue 178: 2018 11 15: The Math Lesson
15 November 2018 The Math Lesson Other eyes, other worlds. By Richard Pooley What comes to mind when I say “African village”? Lots of conical huts, reed-roofed and mud-walled, chickens scratching for food in the dirt, goats searching for something to eat among the few stunted bushes, children laughing as they play, a sinuous line… Continue reading Issue 178: 2018 11 15: The Math Lesson
Issue 178: 2018 11 15: Selling CVs
15 November 2018 Selling CVs A new industry. By Young Chin When chatting about his proposals for Sodom, the Lord promised to spare the city if Abraham could find ten good men in it. Unfortunately the locals failed the test, and as I suppose that the EU will fail it too it seems inevitable that… Continue reading Issue 178: 2018 11 15: Selling CVs
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The African Egg Collector
08 November 2018 The African Egg Collector And other stories; an introduction. By Richard Pooley Do you write lists? “To Do” lists, I mean. Those lists which should start with “Write a ‘To Do’ list” because when you finish the list you can cross that first line off with a silent but triumphant “Yes!” I am… Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The African Egg Collector
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The Tethered Goat
08 November 2018 The Tethered Goat Hunting from the kitchen. By Quatermain Chin 9.30 in the morning and it’s time for a little sport. No, no, don’t get me wrong. I am not about to stride manfully into the street, clad only in shorts and singlet, to do a quick five-miles in the London drizzle. … Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The Tethered Goat
Issue 176: 2018 11 01: What A Relief
01 November 2018 What A Relief Where there’s muck there’s brass. By Jack Chin Watching the budget on television is just like that children’s game. “Pass the parcel”. You sit there engrossed as the Chancellor reaches down into his bag of goodies, waiting for something which will benefit you personally to show up. This year… Continue reading Issue 176: 2018 11 01: What A Relief
Issue 175: 2018 10 25: Avoiding Crime
25 October 2018 Avoiding Crime Don’t be a victim. By Miss Jane Chin Shhh, yes, it is me, Chin Chin, your favourite writer until those cultureless oiks who call themselves editors banned me over that incident at the party. “You will never darken our newsprint again” they shouted, while showing me the door. Ha, an… Continue reading Issue 175: 2018 10 25: Avoiding Crime
Issue 173: 2018 10 11: Cursed Abstinence
11 October 2018 The Curse Of Abstinence Loss of a deal. By Count Chin Shh, Readers, it’s me again, slipping in an article under the noses of the editors without their spotting it. Good name too, don’t you think? Nobody would think of me being a count. At least that’s what I thought until yesterday… Continue reading Issue 173: 2018 10 11: Cursed Abstinence
Issue 169: 2018 09 13: Chartwell
13 September 2018 Chartwell An inspiring visit. By Lynda Goetz We had intended to go to Sissinghurst, but as we drove from Surrey into Kent the rain got steadily worse. After a wonderful but very dry summer, the English gardeners amongst us were in many ways delighted, but the New Zealanders were a little disappointed… Continue reading Issue 169: 2018 09 13: Chartwell
Issue 167: 2018 08 30: Sex, Gender and Freedom
30 August 2018 Sex, Gender and Freedom Freedom, the main issue. By Lynda Goetz A friend of mine needs a knee replacement. He is in his 50s and has now been waiting for two and a half years. Unfortunately, as we all know, this is one of the operations restricted by an NHS in financial… Continue reading Issue 167: 2018 08 30: Sex, Gender and Freedom
Issue 166: 2018 08 23: Les Continentals Expulsees
23 August 2018 Les continentals expulsées A mercy errand. By Nihc, Nihc Shh, c’est moi. Et pourquoi est-ce que j’écrise en Français? Aha, je suis déguisé. Sorry about that, but I had to fool the moronic editors of the Shaw Sheet (who said that they would never again publish anything I had written) that they… Continue reading Issue 166: 2018 08 23: Les Continentals Expulsees
Issue 165: 2018 08 02: Letter From Yucatan
02 August 2018 Letter From Yucatan Mexican rainforest. By William Morton Yucatan is not one’s film-inspired idea of Mexico – a desert studded with cacti stretching away to distant hills. It is carpeted with rainforest, receives substantial rainfall and is teeming with birds and other wildlife. The rainforest sits on a bed of limestone which… Continue reading Issue 165: 2018 08 02: Letter From Yucatan
