07 September 2017 Lifelong Learning The fun of acquiring new skills. By Lynda Goetz Monday was the day of la rentrée scolaire in France, i.e. the date pupils started the new school year. It also happened to be the day I returned from my own new learning experience in France. I had been in the Lot,… Continue reading Issue 119: 2017 09 07: Lifelong Learning (Lynda Goetz)
Author: Neil Tidmarsh
Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Contents
17 August 2017: Issue 118 The Shaw Sheet will be taking a two week holiday after this edition, so there will be no issues on 24 and 31 August. The next issue will appear on 07 September. The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment Tyranny by John Watson The reason to hang on.… Continue reading Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Contents
Issue 119: 2017 09 07: A Celebration of Statues (John Watson)
07 September 2017 A Celebration of Statues Bobby Lee in Charlottesville? By John Watson One of the advantages of going on holiday is that you do not have to keep on top of the news so that you never discover how some of the stories which were current when you left, actually ended. Now the… Continue reading Issue 119: 2017 09 07: A Celebration of Statues (John Watson)
Issue 119: 2017 09 07: Turning Left (Chin Chin)
07 September 2017 Turning Left Choosing the way forward. By Chin Chin Just as an army consists mainly of infantry, so most of the people you meet in life are slightly pedestrian. That isn’t to say that they don’t have their uses. Hewers of wood and drawers of water are as essential to the 21st… Continue reading Issue 119: 2017 09 07: Turning Left (Chin Chin)
Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 August 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit TRANSITION: Philip Hammond and Liam Fox have published a joint article confirming that Britain will leave the customs union and the single market in 2019 and that, although there may be transitional provisions, they will not be used as a way of remaining in the EU by… Continue reading Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Craft Villages… (Lynda Goetz)
17 August 2017 Craft Villages; Plant Villages; Flower, Vegetable and Produce Shows Country life in the 21st century. By Lynda Goetz The manager of our village pub is a Londoner. His wife is Polish. The idea of competitive entries for ‘A bucket of potatoes (one plant)’, ‘5 runner beans’, ‘3 matching white onions’, ‘a single… Continue reading Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Craft Villages… (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Contents
10 August 2017: Issue 117 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment Charlie Gard by John Watson A reminder of the other issues. The Virginia Strategy by J R Thomas Yes, the Democrats are still there. Consorting With Power by Neil Tidmarsh Prince Philip and others. That Shrinking Feeling by Frank O’Nomics The subterfuge around trying… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Contents
Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Tyranny (John Watson)
17 August 2017 Tyranny The reason to hang on. By John Watson With Mugabe at 93, Jacob Zuma at 75, and the constitution of Rwanda being altered so that President Kagame can remain in power until 2034, it is worth reflecting on why it is that people cling to power long after their main political… Continue reading Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Tyranny (John Watson)
Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Lazy Bastards (Chin Chin)
17 August 2017 Lazy Bastards A working man’s revenge. By Chin Chin Bastards, Corbynist-Tory-fascist-Marxist-racist-foreign bastards, have you heard what they’ve done? Who? Well, them of course. Those ghastly subhuman pieces of animal excrement who call themselves the editors of the Shaw Sheet. Haven’t you seen the announcement? There it is on page 1 – a… Continue reading Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Lazy Bastards (Chin Chin)
Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Contents
03 August 2017: Issue 116 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment Flexible Government by John Watson The need to bring other parties on board. Dancing On Hot Coals by J R Thomas Turmoil in the White House. Venezuela’s Dinosaur by Neil Tidmarsh Extinction threatens. Normal Culture For Norfolk by Frank O’Nomics Have arguments for staying… Continue reading Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Contents
Issue 117: 2017 08 10: The Holiday Competition (Chin Chin)
10 August 2017 The Holiday Competition A change in conversation. By Chin Chin An English summer sees many changes. The trees which budded in April begin to lose their spring blossom and come into glorious leaf in the course of June. Meanwhile, down on the chalk streams, the trout, gorged on the plentiful insect life… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: The Holiday Competition (Chin Chin)
Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Charlie Gard (John Watson)
10 August 2017 Charlie Gard A reminder of the other issues. By John Watson The Charlie Gard case leaves different images with each of us. Some will simply see the parents’ anguish, their hopes for a miracle cure being dashed by the medical evidence. Others will see the team from Great Ormond Street hospital prepared… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Charlie Gard (John Watson)
Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Week in Brief: UK
10 August 2017 Week in Brief: UK Brexit TRADING DISPUTES: The Department for International Trade is recruiting staff to deal with trading disputes after Brexit. The team, expected to comprise some 130 personnel, will not begin to operate until Britain leaves the Customs Union. FISHING: Speaking in Denmark, Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has said… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Week in Brief: UK
