29 September 2016 Reflections from an Allotment by J.R.Thomas The Shaw Sheet does not have, as yet, a gardening correspondent. In spite of that, we had thought to bring our readers insights into the emotions of Labour’s leader as, the struggles of the leadership challenge over, he finds time to relax once more on that… Continue reading Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Reflections from an allotment (J.R.Thomas)
Category: Features
Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Recipe For A Book Club (Lynda Goetz)
22 September 2016 Recipe For A Book Club Meeting author Deborah Lawrenson. by Lynda Goetz The book club I set up some 16 years ago is not exactly the most serious you could encounter. Over the years it has evolved from a group of 10 (too many, really) with some carelessly thrown-together ‘nibbles’ and a… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Recipe For A Book Club (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy (Chin Chin)
22 September 2016 Fact, Fiction Or Fantasy A treatise on diagnostics By Chin Chin I blame Jerome K Jerome, a man who moved on from an unsuccessful career as a journalist to become one of Britain’s greatest writers; a career in two parts if ever there was one. I had been looking for a role… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy (Chin Chin)
Issue72: 2016 09 22: Swinging the Ball (J.R. Thomas)
22 September 2016 Swinging the Ball The loss of the Grimsby dock buildings. by J.R.Thomas This part of the Shaw Sheet gets all the glamorous assignments. Last week the curving soft sands of the Dorset coast and the early autumnal hints of the Lake District fells; this week: Grimsby. Ah, fair Grimsby, dreaming gateway to… Continue reading Issue72: 2016 09 22: Swinging the Ball (J.R. Thomas)
Issue 71:2016 09 15:In sickness and Aleppo(J.R.Thomas)
15 September 2016 In Sickness and Aleppo Stressful campaigning. by J.R.Thomas The late Professor Hugh Berrington, a distinguished figure in political science and especially in the psychology of political leadership, had a favourite opening theme for his public lectures. It was to the effect that his audience should be very alarmed; their political leaders… Continue reading Issue 71:2016 09 15:In sickness and Aleppo(J.R.Thomas)
Issue71:2016 09 15:Caught in the gender trap(by Frank O’Nomics)
15 September 2016 Caught in the gender trap Is there still a real gender pay gap and, if so, what can we do about it? by Frank O’Nomics It was the morning after the night before. The late-80’s dealing desk at which I worked had been reduced from 12 to 4, and I was perusing… Continue reading Issue71:2016 09 15:Caught in the gender trap(by Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Buttoning It Up (Chin Chin)
15 September 2016 Buttoning It Up A treatise on sewing. By Chin Chin Just a little bit tighter. Pull a bit harder. That should do it. These trousers seem to have shrunk in the wash. Never mind, breath in and one last tug. Bother! The front button has broken on my favourite chinos, the light… Continue reading Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Buttoning It Up (Chin Chin)
Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Zersetzung (Neil Tidmarsh)
15 September 2016 Zersetzung A spy story. by Neil Tidmarsh Last month, US secretary of state John Kerry complained to President Putin about harassment and intimidation against US diplomats in Moscow. The Russian security services are allegedly conducting a campaign of zersetzung against them; mind games which involve breaking into the diplomats’ homes and re-arranging… Continue reading Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Zersetzung (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 70: 2016 09 08: Domestic Abuse (Lynda Goetz)
08 September 2016 Domestic Abuse It’s all about control. by Lynda Goetz Apparently, one in eleven adults in the UK listens to The Archers. The weekly audience is some five million. The fascination with the storyline about Rob and Helen Titchener, which has been going on for nearly three years, has become national news in… Continue reading Issue 70: 2016 09 08: Domestic Abuse (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 70:2016 09 08:We are not a muse (J.R,Thomas)
8 September 2016 Fading Icons – We Are Not A Muse Where should we look for inspiration? by J.R.Thomas It’s one of those stories that probably isn’t true, but should be. Leonard Cohen, writing his first album in New York whilst his great love, muse, and inspiration, Marianne, was in the Cohenesque paradise of… Continue reading Issue 70:2016 09 08:We are not a muse (J.R,Thomas)
Issue 70: 2016 09 08: Polonius’s Moment (Chin Chin)
08 September 2016 Polonius’s Moment What to say to them as they go off to university. By Chin Chin The beginning of the academic year is the time for a Polonius speech. Student loans are in place to cover university fees but the amount available for living expenses looks woefully thin. It is the moment… Continue reading Issue 70: 2016 09 08: Polonius’s Moment (Chin Chin)
Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Furling the Umbrella (J.R.Thomas)
01 September 2016 Furling the Umbrella A banking scandal not worth the mention by J.R.Thomas Strange goings on at Lloyds Bank. Once the smallest and most conservative of the big Four UK clearing banks, and certainly always the most careful and cautious, especially in relation to any novelty such as technology, it was also one… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Furling the Umbrella (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 69: 2016 09 01: The QALY of mercy (Frank O’Nomics)
1 Septenber 2016 The QALY of mercy How do we decide which charity to support? by Frank O’Nomics It was perhaps not the best time to attempt to apply economic theory to an everyday dilemma. I had just been given my change at a seaside convenience store and was looking to put in it one… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: The QALY of mercy (Frank O’Nomics)
