20 July 2017 Sew So Competing with the little old ladies. By Chin Chin My father’s generation were more Gothic than mine and I remember him telling me that, when he was very young, he was told by an aunt that if he did not behave: “I will cut off your head and sew a… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Sew So (Chin Chin)
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Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Week In Brief: UK
20 July 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit BREXIT BILL: The Government has published the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill which will repeal the European Communities Act 1972, the statute which gives EU legislation effect in the UK. The bill, which has the effect of freezing the law as at the date of Brexit so that… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Week In Brief: UK
Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Tick Tock (Robert Kilconner)
20 July 2017 Tick Tock Mr Barnier’s clock moves on. By Robert Kilconner Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. In Mr Barnier’s room in Brussels, replete with the luxuries appropriate to the leader of the EU negotiating team, there stands a clock. At least I suppose there does, because he claims to hear it ticking… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Tick Tock (Robert Kilconner)
Issue 114: 2017 07 20: A Cashless Society (Lynda Goetz)
20 July 2017 A Cashless Society Is this really what we want? By Lynda Goetz Financial writers and commentators have, for some time, been warning of the plans by policy-makers to remove cash from the global system. American best-selling author and renowned economist Jim Rickards has even written an entire book on the subject, The Road… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: A Cashless Society (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Watts 200 (William Morton)
20 July 2017 Watts 200: Celebrating England’s Michelangelo The Watts Gallery, Guildford, Surrey (20 June – 26 November). By William Morton This exhibition celebrates the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Frederic Watts (1817 – 1904). To call him ‘England’s Michelangelo’ is perhaps over-doing it but he is an important artist, even if… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Watts 200 (William Morton)
Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Flushing The Mind (Chin Chin)
13 July 2017 Flushing The Mind Those with total recall belong in the funny farm. By Chin Chin The Commonwealth has made many fine contributions to Britain and its citizens over the years: wealth, prestige, resources, support in time of war and cultural enrichment in time of peace. But the best thing of all is… Continue reading Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Flushing The Mind (Chin Chin)
Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Who Owns The Enquiry? (John Watson)
13 July 2017 Who Owns The Enquiry? Chairing the enquiry into Grenfell Tower. By John Watson Tragedies have stakeholders, and if you need evidence for that, just look at the protests against the appointment of Sir Martin Moore-Bick as the chairman of the public enquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. Let’s begin by identifying some… Continue reading Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Who Owns The Enquiry? (John Watson)
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Contents
06 July 2017: Issue 112 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment Entryist Politics by John Watson The knives of McDonnell. Phone-Hacking, The Future Of The Media by R D Shackleton And why Hacked Off should back off. Saving Too Little, Spending Too Much by Frank O’Nomics The stark facts regarding household finances. Milking The… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Contents
Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Week in Brief: UK
13 July 2017 Week in Brief: UK Government news TEACHERS PAY: Education Secretary Justine Greening has confirmed that the 1% cap on teachers’ pay is to remain in place. The education budget is under pressure because of pledges to spend an additional £4 billion on schools which were made before the decision to scrap free… Continue reading Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Quiz
06 July 2017 Quiz by Boffles Do you know? 1.With which Rolling Stones was Anita Pallenberg particularly friendly? Which famous person had previously owned Cotchford Farm where Brian Jones was found dead? Where did an Athenian naval expedition suffer a major defeat in 413 BC? Where did the largest tank… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Quiz
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Quiz – answers
06 July 2017 Quiz – Answers By Boffles Do you know – answers: Brian Jones, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. A. A. Milne, the author of ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’. Syracuse, Sicily. At Kursk in Russia in 1943 when a German attack was repulsed and approximately 10,000 tanks were involved. Sir Joseph… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Quiz – answers
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Hampton Court Flower Show (Lynda Goetz)
06 July 2017 Hampton Court Flower Show 2017 Flowers or tennis? By Lynda Goetz It is that time of year again. The time of year when the pull of South West London becomes irresistible to many and the yellow and black AA signs sprout up around Wimbledon and Kingston, directing traffic to either ‘Wimbledon Tennis’… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Hampton Court Flower Show (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Contents
29 June 2017: Issue 111 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment Scholar’s Sleeves by John Watson The recognition of talent. Back To Basics by J R Thomas The Tories’ dilemma. Corbyn’s Glastonbury Triumph by R D Shackleton And how this could backfire. Infinite Outcomes For A Finite Life by Frank O’Nomics Seeking a solution for… Continue reading Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Contents
