Author: Neil Dunlop

Issue 25: A Pearl Beyond Price

22 October 2015 A Pearl Beyond Price by J.R.Thomas It is one of those special autumns. Not the Indian summer, however welcome and warming. Not the disastrous sporting performance, forcing us to realign our enthusiasm to our second choices. Not the party conferences, set piece speeches, rude crowds wasting eggs, and daggers being polished. No;… Continue reading Issue 25: A Pearl Beyond Price

Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Sic Transit George

22 October 2015 Sic Transit George by J.R.Thomas According to ancient legend, victorious Roman generals, whilst enjoying the triumphal procession through Rome to which they were entitled on their return from the battlefield, were accompanied by a slave who whispered constantly in the ear of the acclaimed one “Sic transit gloria, sic transit gloria” (all… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Sic Transit George

Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Review RED ARMY

22 October 2015 RED ARMY (dir. Gabe Polsky, cert. 15)  Film review by Neil Tidmarsh A documentary film? About ice hockey? About the Soviet Army ice hockey team? No, no, wait, please don’t click off this page (at least not yet). It really is a terrific film. Honestly. It’s about so much more than ice… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Review RED ARMY

Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A real “who’s your father?”

22 October 2015 A Real “Who’s Your Father?” Genetic testing brings unwelcome surprises by Chin Chin We all enjoy the drama of the law courts – the Somerset case which was regarded as abolishing slavery in the UK, the Bloody Assizes of Judge Jeffreys, the Lady Chatterley trial, the Oscar Wilde libel case. We like… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A real “who’s your father?”

Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A rumbling of tumbrils

22 October 2015 A Rumbling of Tumbrils What Blairite Labour MPs need to do to avoid the slaughter. by John Watson Perhaps it was Batman. Perhaps it was Superman. After so many years it is hard to remember which. Still, the story in the comic was a vivid one. The inhabitants of a futuristic city… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A rumbling of tumbrils

Issue 23: 2015 10 08 Contents

08 October 2015: Issue 23 Week in Brief UK International Financial Breaking news The Shaw Sheet interactive crossword now works! Comment More Mayor by J R Thomas Zac, Saviq and even Georgeous George. BEPS report published by John Watson The dash to fill the holes between the tax laws. Really? by Neil Tidmarsh Dark ironies lurk… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08 Contents

Issue 24: 2015 10 15 International News

15 October 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AUSTRIA:  The anti-immigration far-right Freedom Party gained 31% of the vote in the election for Vienna’s mayor.  The Social Democrat’s Michael Häupl was re-elected with 39% of the vote. BELARUS:  President Lukashenko was elected for a fifth term, winning 80% of the vote in the presidential election. … Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15 International News

Issue 24: 2015 10 15 Myth by Chin Chin

15 October 2015 Myth by Chin Chin In the centre of the Spanish town of Trujillo there stands a large bronze statue of Francisco Pizarro, its most famous son. Pizarro was the leader of the expedition which conquered the Incas and annexed Peru to the Spanish crown, but he was only the first of the… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15 Myth by Chin Chin

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