11 August 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government News CHILD SEX ABUSE INQUIRY: The chairman of the inquiry into child sex abuse, Dame Lowell Goddard, resigned after being criticized for the amount of time she spent abroad during her first year in charge, but could get £90,000 in severance pay and continue to live in a… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: UK
Author: Neil Tidmarsh
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Fiddling With Our Abbreviations (John Watson)
11 August 2016 Fiddling With Our Abbreviations An unforgiveable impertinence and condescension. By John Watson The Chilcot report takes nine days to read. That may or may not be a record but there is no doubt that the increasing length of government documents is beginning to pose a problem. It isn’t just the waste of… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Fiddling With Our Abbreviations (John Watson)
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Trieste (Chin Chin)
11 August 2016 Trieste A city of spies. By Chin Chin Churchill is often credited with saying that “the Balkans produce more history than they can consume locally” but the phrase was actually turned, or at least first turned, in relation to the people of Crete by the brilliant short story writer, Saki. Still,… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Trieste (Chin Chin)
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: What You Do Next Summer (Neil Tidmarsh)
11 August 2016 What You Get Up to Next Summer Somebody will know. by Neil Tidmarsh Here we are in high summer. Mid-August. The time of year when international relations are at their most strained. Diplomats and politicians are working right round the clock to defuse a continuous stream of unsavoury and dangerous incidents, any one of which… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: What You Do Next Summer (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Week in Brief: UK
04 August 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government News HINKLEY POINT: The Government has postponed a decision on Hinkley Point C pending a further review. The announcement, which was made just before the deal was due to be signed, took the energy industry by surprise. It is understood that EDF, the French company which was… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Is Women’s Ambition Different From Men’s? (Linda Goetz)
04 August 2016 Is Women’s Ambition Different From Men’s? Should this be a taboo subject? by Lynda Goetz Last week, Kevin Roberts, chairman of Saatchi and Saatchi (the global communications and advertising agency now based in New York and with 140 offices in 76 countries) and head coach at the parent company, Publicis Group, took… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Is Women’s Ambition Different From Men’s? (Linda Goetz)
Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Contents
28 July 2016: Issue 64 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment University Education by John Watson The need for reform. Terror Attacks In Europe by Lynda Goetz The differences and similarities between France and Germany. A Bad Time For Organised Crime by Neil Tidmarsh Believe it or not, the forces of law and order are winning some… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Contents
Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Computers and Risk (John Watson)
04 August 2016 Computers and Risk Could what went wrong in banking go wrong elsewhere? by John Watson When Kevin Rodgers states that traders get better with age, he is wholly convincing. His book “Why Aren’t They Shouting?” (Random House Business Books 2016) takes you through his career as a banker specialising in foreign exchange… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Computers and Risk (John Watson)
Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Touring With Maps (Chin Chin)
04 August 2016 Touring With Maps The case for turning off SatNav. By Chin Chin To SatNav or not to SatNav? That is the question; at least it is the question which has to be answered at the start of a touring holiday, the striking of a balance in that contest between challenge and convenience… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Touring With Maps (Chin Chin)
Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Contents
21 July 2016: Issue 63 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Mrs May’s Strategy by John Watson Can Johnson’s skills get Britain’s views through to the European public? The Other Side of the Hill by Neil Tidmarsh The new Cold War and an old problem with guesswork. Gone For A Constitutional by J… Continue reading Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Contents
Issue 64: 2016 07 28: University Education (John Watson)
28 July 2016 University Education The need for reform. By John Watson It was inevitable, I suppose, that universities would eventually lift charges to their students to take account of inflation. It was also inevitable that their ability to do so would be linked to the quality of the teaching. After all, if the student… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: University Education (John Watson)
Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Terror Attacks in Europe (Lynda Goetz)
28 July 2016 Terror Attacks in Europe The differences and similarities between France and Germany. by Lynda Goetz France has the largest Muslim population in Europe. With 5 million Muslims in a current population of nearly 66 million, this represents over 7.5% of the population. Germany, with a population of 80 million, had a Muslim… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Terror Attacks in Europe (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Betty Botter’s Example (Chin Chin)
28 July 2016 Betty Botter’s Example A treatise on nutrition. By Chin Chin As readers of the 1899 Jingle Book will tell you, Carolyn Wells wrote: ‘Betty Botter bought a bit of butter; “But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter! If I put it in my batter It will make my batter bitter But a bit… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Betty Botter’s Example (Chin Chin)
