Cover Page, 7 March 2024, Issue 364 Welcome to our March issue. This month we consider: the young, the old and democracy; Alexei Navalny, a towering archetype even in death; the return of George Galloway; a call to rearm in Europe; the future’s bright, the future’s green; Corbynista’s week; war and peace in Sudan; plus… Continue reading Issue 364: 2024 03 07: Cover page
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Issue 363: 2024 02 01: Cover page
Cover Page, 1 February 2024, Issue 363 Welcome to our February issue. This month we consider: Labour’s real challenge; culture wars in our classrooms; the runners and riders in the US presidential race so far; Corbynista’s week; the mighty Asante and Victoria’s Britain; a glimpse of democracy in action; a review of Nigel Biggar’s ‘Colonialism’;… Continue reading Issue 363: 2024 02 01: Cover page
Issue 362: 2023 12 07: Cover page
Cover Page, 7 December 2023, Issue 362 Welcome to our December issue. This month we consider: oh no, is the mic on?; Kamala Harris; proportional representation (a cautionary tale from New Zealand); Corbynista’s week; a season of goodwill; the return of David Cameron; Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’; ‘Covenant’ by Danny Kruger; a Christmas short story; three… Continue reading Issue 362: 2023 12 07: Cover page
Issue 361: 2023 11 02: Cover page
Cover Page, 2 November 2023, Issue 361 Welcome to our November issue. This month we consider: Rishi Sunak; Liz Truss; a rational approach to Covid and the Covid enquiry; Corbynista’s week; the EU and Tunisia; Bobby Charlton; the French and the English; plus of course a crossword from Boffles and cartoons from AGGro. Our next… Continue reading Issue 361: 2023 11 02: Cover page
Issue 360: 2023 10 05: Issue 360
Cover Page, 5 October 2023, Issue 360 Welcome to our October issue. This month we consider: why does the Scottish government think its citizens aren’t up to jury service?; Austria’s spy problem; the outrage at Sycamore Gap; Corbynista’s month; a bucket list for Sunak and/or Starmer; and the party conference season. Plus of course a… Continue reading Issue 360: 2023 10 05: Issue 360
Issue 359: 2023 09 07: Cover page
Cover Page, 7 September 2023, Issue 359 Welcome to our September issue. This month we consider: more elitism, please; the historic burden of listed buildings; the race for the Republican leadership; creaking infrastructure; new puritans; Corbynista’s week; BRICS; Chin Chin showing uncharacteristic social responsibility… Plus of course a crossword from Boffles and cartoons from AGGro.… Continue reading Issue 359: 2023 09 07: Cover page
Issue 358: 2023 08 03: Cover page
Cover Page, 3 August 2023, Issue 358 Welcome to our August issue. This month we consider: humans are animals too, but hopefully better-behaved than penguins; Nigel Farage and Coutts: turnout numbers are the key to understanding the recent bye-election results; big tech, big data and regulation; mainstream sexism; Corbynista rides again; could hegemony save the… Continue reading Issue 358: 2023 08 03: Cover page
Issue 357: 2023 07 06: Cover page
Cover Page, 6 July 2023, Issue 357 Welcome to our July issue. This month we consider: Rishi Sunak’s prospects; Prigozhin in hot water; why Andrew Bailey has to go; the unwelcoming future; Silvio Berlusconi’s long goodbye; welcome back, Corbynista!; and the perils of motoring. Plus of course a crossword from Boffles and cartoons from AGGro.… Continue reading Issue 357: 2023 07 06: Cover page
Issue 356: 2023 06 01: Cover page
Cover Page, 1 June 2023, Issue 356 Welcome to our June issue. This month we consider: Rachel Reeves, schools and ‘loopy loopholes’; Robert Kennedy and the Democrats; artificial intelligence; obesity and its issues; a traditional Russian folk tale to worry the Kremlin; Premier League football; and Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian at Tate Modern.… Continue reading Issue 356: 2023 06 01: Cover page
Issue 355: 2023 05 04: Cover page
Cover Page, 4 May 2023, Issue 355 Welcome to our May issue. This month we consider: our schools, Ofsted and mathematics (and why the BBC might not be helping); the Republican runners gearing up for the race to the Whitehouse; venison and why we should eat it; ‘strategic autonomy’ which is neither strategic nor autonomous;… Continue reading Issue 355: 2023 05 04: Cover page
Issue 354: 2023 04 06: Cover page
Cover Page, 6 April 2023, Issue 354 Welcome to our April issue. This month we consider: the crucial point which the Casey Review missed; how the Privileges Committee might be doing Boris a favour; the future of Scotland and the SNP after Sturgeon; what has changed (or what has not changed) in the last month;… Continue reading Issue 354: 2023 04 06: Cover page
Issue 353: 2023 03 02: Cover page
Cover Page, 2 March 2023, Issue 353 Welcome to our March issue. This month we consider: how judgement and self-doubt, rather than dogma and fixed rules, make good politics; Joe Biden’s strong and courageous foreign policy; editing Dahl – what’s the fuss?; though we fear that we’re not at peak woke yet; balloons over the… Continue reading Issue 353: 2023 03 02: Cover page
Issue 352: 2023 02 02: Cover page
Cover Page, 2 February 2023, Issue 352 Welcome back to Shaw Sheet after our prolonged Christmas and New Year break. In this issue we consider: Labour’s proposals to devolve power away from Westminster; a puzzling support for Putin in the land that gave us a classic underdog hero defending his freedom-loving homeland from a mighty… Continue reading Issue 352: 2023 02 02: Cover page