20 October 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT: In the course of litigation over whether Parliamentary approval is needed before giving notice under article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, the Government has said that Parliament will have to approve any deal when negotiations are complete. That is because the Constitutional Reform and Governance… Continue reading Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Week in Brief: UK
Author: Neil Tidmarsh
Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Fading Icons: No More A’Roving? (J R Thomas)
20 October 2016 Fading Icons: No More A’Roving? A lament for the Landy. by J R Thomas It may seem a little strange to nominate Land Rover as a “Fading Icon” in our occasional series. Many readers may feel that every second car on the road is a Land Rover, towering monster cars with blacked… Continue reading Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Fading Icons: No More A’Roving? (J R Thomas)
Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Broad Kilts (J R Thomas)
20 October 2016 Broad Kilts Storm clouds over the Scottish Highlands? by J R Thomas This is a wonderful time to be in the Scottish Highlands. The heather is black and brown now, so even in October sunshine the hills are dark shaded, but the leaves are turning gold on the beech trees in the… Continue reading Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Broad Kilts (J R Thomas)
Issue 75: 2016 10 13: Juppe? Qui est-il? (Richard Pooley)
13 October 2016 Juppé? Qui est-il? The Republican party primary this side of the Atlantic. by Richard Pooley The Trump-Clinton battle is not the only important presidential election going on at present. The French version has started in earnest, with the first two-round primary to choose the right-of-centre Republican Party candidate only two months away. … Continue reading Issue 75: 2016 10 13: Juppe? Qui est-il? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 74: 2016 10 06: Contents
06 October 2016: Issue 74 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Horror At Versailles by John Watson Who desecrated the statue? Crossing The River by J R Thomas Brexit – the smell of opportunity. Peace in Colombia? by Neil Tidmarsh A long way to go yet. Economics and the death of fashion by Frank O’Nomics Have millennials rediscovered… Continue reading Issue 74: 2016 10 06: Contents
Issue 74: 2016 10 06: Week in Brief: UK
06 October 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government Policy BIRMINGHAM: Normally party conferences are for the benefit of activists, with back-slapping aplenty and occasionally some fancy oratory. The rest of the world raises a weary eyebrow and takes little notice. The Conservative party conference this year is different because it provides the first insights into… Continue reading Issue 74: 2016 10 06: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Contents
29 September 2016: Issue 73 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Time To Rat by John Watson The plight of the Blairites. The Lives Of Others by J R Thomas Cruz? Sanders? Rubio? Where are they all? The Line Of Control by Neil Tidmarsh India and Pakistan square up over Kashmir. Reports of the death of the… Continue reading Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Contents
Issue 74: 2016 10 06: The Horror At Versailles (John Watson)
06 October 2016 The Horror At Versailles Who desecrated the sculpture? By John Watson Maigret would have cracked it. Dupin would not have been far behind. Unfortunately however neither of these giants of detective fiction is available to solve the mystery of Versailles. Who painted neo-fascist slogans on the statue by Sir Anish Kapoor, a… Continue reading Issue 74: 2016 10 06: The Horror At Versailles (John Watson)
Issue 74: 2010 10 06: Authors As Public Property (Lynda Goetz)
06 October 2016 Authors as Public Property What do they owe their readers? by Lynda Goetz I had been intending this week to write about Rose Tremain’s appearance at the Wimbledon Bookfest; but although my admiration for Ms Tremain’s work remains unbounded and the opportunity to listen to some insightful and interesting comments on how… Continue reading Issue 74: 2010 10 06: Authors As Public Property (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 74: 2016 10 06: Boris Johnson, Heir to Palmerston (Chin Chin)
06 October 2016 Boris Johnson, heir to Palmerston A visit to Ankara. By Chin Chin Cripes, it must be jolly difficult, that foreign secretary lark. Round after round of canapés accompanied by good champagne but, my word, you have to keep your eye on the ball. Forget a name or say something indiscreet and, bang,… Continue reading Issue 74: 2016 10 06: Boris Johnson, Heir to Palmerston (Chin Chin)
Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Time To Rat (John Watson)
29 September 2016 Time To Rat The plight of the Blairites. By John Watson “Poor Tom’s a-cold” cries Edgar in Lear, but he isn’t the only one. Following Corbyn’s emphatic endorsement by the membership of the Labour party, Blairite MPs too must be feeling the draughts of oncoming winter. Of course it is all meat… Continue reading Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Time To Rat (John Watson)
Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Dear Sirs And Madams (Chin Chin)
29 September 2016 Dear Sirs and Madams How to address a bishop By Chin Chin Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a cutting-edge UK law firm and the edge which it is currently cutting lies in the field of manners. Until recently the firm, when writing to a group of people such as, for example, the members… Continue reading Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Dear Sirs And Madams (Chin Chin)
Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Social Media Marketing (Lynda Goetz)
29 September 2016 Social Media Marketing The importance of exposure. by Lynda Goetz Gemma Arterton, the English actress who has gained Hollywood status (although apparently only B- by her own admission) declared in an interview with The Guardian’s Eva Wiseman that she was not interested in pandering to ‘the money people’, who are apparently increasingly… Continue reading Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Social Media Marketing (Lynda Goetz)
