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List of This Week’s Articles
Lens on the Week
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Lens on the week
A Focus on the News
8 November 2018 Lens on the Week UK BREXIT: According to “1066 and All That”, faced with the problem of what to do about James II “the people lost control of themselves altogether and, lighting an enormous number of candles, declared that the answer was an Orange.” This time the answer will be a fudge.
Comment
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Foreign Purchasers
Dark buildings, dirty money
08 November 2018 Foreign Purchasers Dark Buildings, Dirty Money. By Lynda Goetz A friend of mine who is fortunate enough to own a house in Knightsbridge, in an area where the price tag for a two-bedroom flat comes in at over two million pounds, was reflecting rather sadly the other day on how much the
Comment
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The Call Of Duty
A way of living
08 November 2018 The Call Of Duty A way of living. By John Watson The obituary writers have been busy this week with the disappearance of two major figures from the public stage. First there was Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who as owner of Leicester City football club presided over its meteoric rise up the Premier League
Comment
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Brexit: Avoiding the Issue
A bluffer's guide
8 November 2018 Brexit: Avoiding the issue A Bluffer’s Guide. By Frank O’Nomics Are we nearly there? We seem to get a fresh story of a Brexit deal every week, only to see the bubble burst over the next few days. This week, the ink on a “leaked” memo regarding plans to sell an agreed
Comment
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Statue Envy
Mine's bigger than yours
08 November 2018 Statue Envy Mine’s bigger than yours. By Neil Tidmarsh Welcome to Cragside, the grand Tudor Revival mansion built by the architect Richard Norman Shaw in the 1870’s for Lord Armstrong, and acquired by the National Trust in 1977. Over here, on this side of the great hall, you will see a bronze
Comment
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Come the Revolution
Tomorrow perhaps?
08 November 2018 Come the Revolution Tomorrow, perhaps? By J R Thomas Next year will be a very big year for the labour movement, and no doubt for Labour, its manifestation on earth in the political system. In August 2019 it will be the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre and a golden opportunity for
Comment
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Blasphemy laws
Going but not gone
8 November 2018 Blasphemy laws Going, going…but not gone. By Jack Wippell Last Friday, Ireland voted to remove blasphemy laws from its constitution. It was a unanimous vote in the sense that all 40 constituencies agreed, and an overall 64.85 percent voted in support. It has been greeted with applause from human rights organisations worldwide,
Comment
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Diary of a Corbynista
A Rerun of Peterloo
8 November 2018 Diary of a Corbynista A Rerun of Peterloo? by Don Urquhart 1 November The i reports that three universities are close to bankruptcy. The government will refuse to bail them out. It is a symptom of the marketisation of education, stimulated by exorbitant tuition fees. Surely universities, like schools, should be treated
Features
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The African Egg Collector
And other stories
08 November 2018 The African Egg Collector And other stories; an introduction. By Richard Pooley Do you write lists? “To Do” lists, I mean. Those lists which should start with “Write a ‘To Do’ list” because when you finish the list you can cross that first line off with a silent but triumphant “Yes!” I am
Features
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The Tethered Goat
Hunting from the kitchen
08 November 2018 The Tethered Goat Hunting from the kitchen. By Quatermain Chin 9.30 in the morning and it’s time for a little sport. No, no, don’t get me wrong. I am not about to stride manfully into the street, clad only in shorts and singlet, to do a quick five-miles in the London drizzle.
Review
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Edward Burne-Jones
Tate Britain
08 November 2018 Edward Burne-Jones Tate Britain (24 October 2018 – 24 February 2019). Reviewed by William Morton Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) was one of the leading Pre-Raphaelite artists. He abandoned a theology degree and took up art with encouragement from Rossetti. He was a close collaborator of William Morris and a friend of Swinburne. He
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: CartoonsCrossword
Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Crossword
No 177.
08 November 2018 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 177 Click for this Week’s interactive online crossword Click for a printable version of this Week’s crossword Click for the solution to crossword, No 176
