Author: Neil Dunlop

Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Where should we invest in 2017? (Frank O’Nomics)

22 December 2016 Where should we invest in 2017? by Frank O’Nomics This time last year I was rash enough to discuss what we should do with our savings with a view to making the best returns over 2016. It would be easy to brush this under the carpet and try to pretend that I… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Where should we invest in 2017? (Frank O’Nomics)

Issue 85: 2016 12 22: It was t’Night before Christmas (JR Thomas)

22 December 2016 It Was t’Night afore Christmas A morality tale of Crafty Folk by J.R.Thomas* As Mr Thomas* is busy with his late Christmas shopping he asked Mr B, his source from the City, for a seasonal tale. He assures us this is a true story – but then, he does work in the… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: It was t’Night before Christmas (JR Thomas)

Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Theatre review, Pinocchio at the King’s Head (Adam McCormack)

22 December 2016 Theatre Review: Pinocchio at the King’s Head Theatre by Adam McCormack My love affair with panto has been rekindled. The prospect of going to yet another interminably long, hackneyed vehicle for fading soap stars filled me with dread, and was to be avoided other than for the contractual obligations of fatherhood. Charles… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Theatre review, Pinocchio at the King’s Head (Adam McCormack)

Issue 85: 2012 12 22: Book Review – Toby’s Room, Pat Barker (Neil Dunlop)

22 December 2016 Toby’s Room by Pat Barker reviewed by Neil Dunlop One hundred years ago they did not know that they were only half way through the ghastly war that was engulfing Europe. Pat Barker takes you to the heightened emotions and rapid changes in the social atmosphere that the Great War created, drawing… Continue reading Issue 85: 2012 12 22: Book Review – Toby’s Room, Pat Barker (Neil Dunlop)

Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review – Doing good better – Creative Altruism Alan MacAskill, (Frank O’Nomics)

22 December 2016 Doing Good Better – Creative Altruism by William MacAskill reviewed by Frank O’Nomics As a sixth former I was encouraged to read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M Pirsig, a book that was supposed to change the way I thought and felt about my life. Sadly, it was… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review – Doing good better – Creative Altruism Alan MacAskill, (Frank O’Nomics)

Issue 85: Crossword – Noel, Noel

22 December 2016 Crossword by Boffles Noel, Noel   To see a printable version of this crossword   Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review, The Peacock Spring by Rumer Godden (William Morton)

22 December 2016 The Peacock Spring by Rumer Godden Reviewed by William Morton I have been reading a lot of Henry James this year and have been struck by his work but the Peacock Spring is by a lesser- known author, who lived in India as a child and for some years as an adult.… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review, The Peacock Spring by Rumer Godden (William Morton)

Issue 85: 2012 12 22: More Historical Enquiries, Irish murder prosecutions (Lynda Goetz)

22 December 2016 More Historical Enquiries Irish DPP to prosecute OAP veterans for IRA activist’s death 44 years ago. by Lynda Goetz Last week I wrote about IHAT and the ‘hounding’ of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.  Only days after publication, it was announced that two former paratroopers, now aged 67 and 65, are to be… Continue reading Issue 85: 2012 12 22: More Historical Enquiries, Irish murder prosecutions (Lynda Goetz)

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Issue 85: Book Review, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Lynda Goetz)

22 December 2016 The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Reviewed by Lynda Goetz This is a book I originally read over ten years ago. It was first published in 1998 and has been a bestseller ever since on both sides of the Atlantic. Set in the 1960s, it tells the story of an American missionary… Continue reading Issue 85: Book Review, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Misdirection (Neil Tidmarsh)

22 December 2016 Misdirection Lieutenant San’s remote Christmas. by Neil Tidmarsh Christmas Eve.  The dark sky was full of stars – and drones.  Hundreds of thousands of drones – big ones and small ones, fast ones and slow ones – all delivering a deluge of last-minute Christmas gifts.  The night air rang with their humming… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Misdirection (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Khan controlled from Manchuria – Autopay (Chin Chin)

22 December 2016 Khan Controlled From Manchuria Was Autopay designed by the Devil? By Chin Chin I don’t think it is the Russians, nor even the EU.  None of them may like us very much but there is a deviant sadism here which takes the mind further east, perhaps to the legendary villain Fu Manchu.… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Khan controlled from Manchuria – Autopay (Chin Chin)

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