Back Issues: the Article Archive
The sidebars show Cover pages for this and previous Issues. This Issue’s Articles are shown in a list below. Click on any Issue’s cover page to list its Articles. Issue 133, the first with a Cover Page, inaugurated the current look of the magazine and a move to Articles. Earlier Issues looked different and were placed in Posts; their Contents pages (Issue 132, 7th December 2017, and earlier) can be found by clicking here and working back through the Posts using the links. All issues can be found by clicking on the last Cover pages which summarise Issues by year.
To make more specific selections of Articles and Posts use the tools provided in the sidebars. The Search lists all Articles, Pages or Posts containing the text entered. Or, click on an Article Category to list Articles in that category published since Issue 133; this list can also be seen by clicking an Article’s Cover Page CATEGORY entry. Earlier articles and all Crosswords by month can be found in Posts by Month but, since Issue 133, only Crosswords and some reader messages are in Posts.
List of This Week’s Articles
Lens on the Week
Lens on the Week
Focus on the News
18 April 2019 Lens on the Week UK BREXIT: The six months extension gives time for contemplation and the Government and Labour retire to their respective corners to think. The trouble is that the gap looks unbridgeable with the Tories unable to accept continuing membership of the market with its bar on third party trade deals
Comment
Matters of Rights
Assange and Vunipola
18 April 2019 Matters of Rights Assange and Vunipola By John Watson Those who have played “Who would I like to ask for dinner?” will recall that the game has several layers. First you have to choose a list of interesting people, alive or dead, who you and the other players would like to meet.
Comment
Notre Dame’s Easter
Death and resurrection
18 April 2019 Notre Dame’s Easter. Death and resurrection. By Neil Tidmarsh Yesterday the Louvre described the fire as “a disaster for the world heritage of humanity”, and so it was; but it could have been so much worse. The wooden roof and spire have gone; much of the art in the nave must have
Comment
Justice For All
A choice of three
18 April 2019 Justice For All A choice of three. By J R Thomas Three interesting people were in the news last week and if this was a TV quiz show, Magnus Magnusson or Jeremy Paxman would doubtless ask a sweating contestant who was the odd one out. But this is the Shaw Sheet, and
Comment
Dumb and Number
No to licence plates
18 April 2019 Dumb and Number Licence plates for bikes would be a mistake. by Frank O’Nomics Challenging the views of one of the UK’s most respected peers is dangerous. Lord Winston, the pioneer of IVF, is highly regarded and sought after for his views on all things medical. Given that he is such an
Features
France’s Heritage
A Forgotten Hero
18 April 2109 Saving France’s Heritage A forgotten story, a forgotten hero by Richard Pooley There wasn’t the usual levity when I walked into my French village’s southern boulangerie early on Tuesday morning. The queue was quiet, the mood sombre. We live 500 km south of Paris but the sudden destruction of the roof and
Comment
Diary of a Corbynista
Lions and Donkeys
18 April 2019 Diary of a Corbynista Lions and Donkeys by Don Urquhart 11 April Julian Assange was wrestled out of the Ecuadorian Embassy to await extradition to the United States. Jeremy Corbyn was out of the traps quickly to urge the government not to send him there, as The Home Secretary seemed minded to
Letters
Letter to the Editors
Brexit
18 April 2019 Letter to the Editors Brexit from Watson Low 15 April 2019 Dear Sir I thought John Watson’s article in Issue 197 was a terrific analysis of Brexit. In general I agreed but was not keen on Corbyn being tarred with the same brush as May in terms of culpability. There are many
Letters
Letter to the Editors
Debenhams
18 April 2019 Letter to the Editors Debenhams from Anthony Silver 11 April 2019 Dear Sir The scenario postulated in last week’s Lens on the Week may or may not reflect the reality; consider then another possibility. Is it likely that with the banking covenants probably in place, any offer for Debenhams would have
CartoonsCrossword
Crossword
No 198
18 April 2019 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 198 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 197 Share this using...FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail
