09 February 2017 Clothes Pegs A nasal approach. By Chin Chin People are remembered for different things: Churchill for oratory and leadership; George Washington for honesty; Turner for colour; and I, I am afraid, may be remembered for clothes pegs. That isn’t because I have invented a new type of clothes peg and will shortly… Continue reading Issue 91: 2017 02 09: Clothes Pegs (Chin Chin)
Author: Neil Tidmarsh
Issue 91: 2017 02 09: The Post-Work World (John Watson)
09 February 2017 The Post-Work World A laboratory experiment in France. By John Watson Like expensive clothing, the world of political ideas has its fashions and in the circles of the intelligentsia it is hard to be fashionable, hip or generally sexy without making occasional references to the “post-work world”. The idea has become a… Continue reading Issue 91: 2017 02 09: The Post-Work World (John Watson)
Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Finding The King (Chin Chin)
02 February 2017 Finding The King Detecting royalty at a glance. By Chin Chin It was an unnerving experience. There I was at an excellent New Zealand restaurant having a good look through the menu. I was still wondering what to eat when a young woman appeared wielding a pad and a pencil, presumably to… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Finding The King (Chin Chin)
Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Contents
26 January 2017: Issue 89 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Speech Therapy by John Watson Mrs May at Lancaster House. Congratulations, Mr President! by Neil Tidmarsh At last, the good guy is in and the bad guy is out. Theresa and Jeremy may be wrong on income inequality – but for how long?… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Contents
Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief: UK
02 February 2017 Week in Brief: UK BREXIT: The Supreme Court has handed down its judgement and has held that the Prime Minister, Theresa May, cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by exercise of the Royal Prerogative. It must be done by statute, namely an Act of Parliament passed by the House of… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Leading Trumps (John Watson)
02 February 2017 Leading Trumps Britain’s interests from a post imperial standpoint. By John Watson It really is very difficult to understand what is going on. The debate here over whether or not Parliamentary authority was needed before the Prime Minister could issue a notice under article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon was bad… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Leading Trumps (John Watson)
Issue 90: 2017 02 02: “Granny-Dumping” and State Responsibility (Lynda Goetz)
02 February 2017 “Granny-Dumping” and State Responsibility Old people, like children, should be cared for, says MP. by Lynda Goetz One of the shocking stories which came out this week was the one about the 76 year-old American with dementia who, it is alleged, was abandoned in November 2015 in the car park of Hereford bus… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: “Granny-Dumping” and State Responsibility (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 90: 2017 02 02: An Inspector Calls (Lynda Goetz)
02 February 2017 An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley The Playhouse Theatre. Reviewed by Lynda Goetz This is a play familiar to many. Perhaps you appeared in a school production, or one of your children studied it as a set text for GCSE, or your local theatre produced a version; whatever the source, it is… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: An Inspector Calls (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 88: 2017 01 19: Contents
19 January 2017: Issue 88 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Will Trump Explode? by John Watson And if so, will he take us with him? In The Beginning by J R Thomas The realities of Trumpism. Not On The Map by Neil Tidmarsh Some countries just don’t exist. Spend, Spend, Spend by… Continue reading Issue 88: 2017 01 19: Contents
Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Speech Therapy (John Watson)
26 January 2017 Speech Therapy Mrs May at Lancaster House. By John Watson A year or so ago, I was at a literary lunch where the speaker was Nick Robinson, television presenter and one time political editor of the BBC. It was before the Brexit vote and he was talking about the then Prime Minister,… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Speech Therapy (John Watson)
Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Week in Brief: UK
26 January 2017 Week in Brief: UK BREXIT: The Supreme Court ruled that Article 50 cannot be triggered without the consent of parliament, dismissing the government’s appeal against the earlier High Court judgement. TORTURE: A Libyan political dissident claims that the SIS (MI6) colluded with the CIA to detain him and send him to Libya… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Melania’s Gown (Lynda Goetz)
26 January 2017 Melania’s Gown Does it really tell us anything? By Lynda Goetz On the whole, I am not a big follower of fashion, probably largely as a result of the rather puritanical approach of my father and the words drummed into me as a teenager; “If you follow fashion, you’ll never have any… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Melania’s Gown (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Crispy roast potatoes (Lynda Goetz)
26 January 2017 Crispy Roast Potatoes And Browned Toast A Cancer Risk ‘Going for Gold’. Is the Food Standards Agency (FSA) warning really necessary? By Lynda Goetz With all that is going on in the world, the announcement by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that we should avoid eating crispy potatoes or well-browned toast seems… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Crispy roast potatoes (Lynda Goetz)
