Author: Neil Dunlop

Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Week in Brief Financial

22 December 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY FOOD WARS:  There seems to be no let-up in the struggle for market share, and for profits, between the supermarket chains.  Tesco has announced that it has reversed its previous policy of selling off its supermarkets and then leasing them back, the idea of that… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Week in Brief Financial

Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review “The Light of Day” by Eric Ambler (Neil Tidmarsh)

22 December 2016 The Light Of Day by Eric Ambler Reviewed by Neil Tidmarsh Tired of trekking through the bleak landscape of Scandi’s Crimeland, with its flat and colourless prose, its grim narratives and its sudden, random peaks of over-the-top violence? Depressed by yet another girl-in-a-thriller who’s consumed with self-loathing and self-pity because she’s overweight/… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review “The Light of Day” by Eric Ambler (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 85: 2016 12 22: International News in Brief

22 December 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA:  The government plans to turn the birth-place of Adolph Hitler into a centre for the disabled.  They have tabled a compulsory purchase order for the property in Braunau am Inn, and were originally planning to demolish it but realised that might amount to denying the… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: International News in Brief

Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Season’s Greetings (Neil Tidmarsh)

22 December 2016 Season’s Greetings A global look at this year’s festive spirit. by Neil Tidmarsh OK, it’s the festive season, so I think we all deserve a break from heavy comment and penetrating analysis of the world’s news this week, don’t we?  So – instead of the usual focus on serious subjects such as… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Season’s Greetings (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Year of Mysteries (John Watson)

22 December 2016 Year of Mysteries Hang on to your hats.  It may be a bumpy ride. by John Watson As 2016 slides away it is hard not to marvel at just how much has changed.  A year ago we looked destined to keep our place on the EU rollercoaster as it plunged towards greater… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Year of Mysteries (John Watson)

Issue 83: Crossword – More Friends, Rivals and Enemies – printable

8 December 2016 Crossword by Boffles More Friends, Rivals and Enemies Across     1  ……… and good food and drink (8)     5  …….. and dress (?) (4)     7  Mouthy Rolling Stone and this other one (8)     8  Adolf and ……… (3)     9  Elliot and ……… ( a Hollywood relationship) (2)  … Continue reading Issue 83: Crossword – More Friends, Rivals and Enemies – printable

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Issue 82: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 15

1 December 2016 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 15       To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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