19 Novembr 2015 Property is not a pension by Frank O’Nomics After a pre-fab shed in Peckham sold for just under £1mn last week it may not be surprising that an ONS survey of 10,000 households (released this week) showed that 44% of people think that property is the best way of making money for… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19: Property is not a pension
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Issue 29: 2015 11 19 Dull November Chin Chin
19 November 2015 Dull November by Chin Chin November in the Northern Hemisphere can be a fairly depressing season. The nights are drawing in and the chill of winter is beginning to bite. It will soon be Christmas and not only have you failed to buy your presents but you are constantly reminded of the… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19 Dull November Chin Chin
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Neat and Nimble
12 November 2015 Neat and Nimble By Chin Chin When Flanders and Swan wrote their famous song about the gasman, they based the lyrics on those of a Victorian ditty in which the singer falls in love with a young woman who, while “dashing away with the smoothing iron,” steals his heart away. In fact… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Neat and Nimble
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Links to the Past
12 November 2015 Links To The Past by J R Thomas The traditional pursuit of the comfortably-off country chap (or those who wanted to be thought one) was preserving pheasants. Preserving in the sense of rearing and then shooting them, that is. The richer version of this gentleman focused his attention on grouse – wilder,… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Links to the Past
Issue 28:2015 11 12: Missed opportunities
12 November 2015 Missed opportunities by Frank O’Nomics The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has been pilloried by some as being Mr Flip-Flop regarding UK interest rates. Having prepared the City for a rate rise via so-called “forward guidance”, the latest Bank of England Inflation Report suggests that rates could remain on… Continue reading Issue 28:2015 11 12: Missed opportunities
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Sea Green Incorruptible
12 November 2015 Sea Green Incorruptible by Don Urquhart Thomas Carlyle described Citoyen Robespierre as a sea green incorruptible and were he around today might similarly characterise Jeremy Corbyn. In recent PMQ’s, the leader of the opposition used up 9 of his 12 allotted questions making the same inquiry of David Cameron – “Are you… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Sea Green Incorruptible
Issue 27:2015 11 05:Blacked Out
05 November 2015 Blacked Out by J.R. Thomas Those of our readers who choose to walk around London, whether as part of their daily routine or as occasional visitors, will know that one of the greatest hazards they face is crossing the road. That’s not just if they decide to do an inter-pavement dash, keeping… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05:Blacked Out
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Colours
05 November 2015 Colours by John Watson Newspapers are like junk shops. It is amongst the rubbish that you find a jewel and there it was this morning. Right alongside an article revealing that sexual desire still matters for over-60s (surely a glance though gossip columns inhabited by cougars and dirty old men makes that… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Colours
Issue 27:2015 11 05: Also ran.
05 November 2015 Also Ran by J.R.Thomas Readers following the evolution of the American Presidential nomination race will be strongly of the view that the Democrats are much better organised than the Grand Old Party. On the Democrat side it might have been three candidates but, with the withdrawal of Joe Biden from a race… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05: Also ran.
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: A Fading Strangeness
05 November 2015 A Fading Strangeness By Chin Chin Just how much is 10,000 forint? That’s the Hungarian forint, of course, and to work it out one has to remember the exchange rate. I know, there was a 23 in it somewhere. Divide by 23 perhaps? That would be about £434, rather a lot for… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: A Fading Strangeness
Issue 26 : 2015 10 29 Agincourt
29 October 2015 Agincourt How technology and terror still rule the day by Chin Chin You’d think we were in Monmouth, the Welsh town in which Henry V was born. It was as Henry of Monmouth that he was known and they certainly don’t let you forget it. The names Harry and Agincourt dominate the… Continue reading Issue 26 : 2015 10 29 Agincourt
Issue 26:2015 10 29:Red City
29 October 2015 Red City A gentlemanly kettling by J.R.Thomas It is not often that your correspondent gets the chance to go out on assignment (those who think the American Presidential election run-up is being covered from an hotel room in Washington DC are sadly mistaken). But on Wednesday night last week the company Oyster… Continue reading Issue 26:2015 10 29:Red City
Issue 26: 2015 10 29: Vive la difference
29 October 2015 Vive la différence A view from the other side by Richard Pooley Having lived in France for 2½ years I have got used to trying to explain those habits and quirks of the French which puzzle our visitors from abroad, but I am not so used to dealing with things the other… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29: Vive la difference
