22 October 2015 Guano Politik By Don Urquhart I had the good fortune recently to spend a couple of days in Bristol. We took the ferry from the Pump House to the SS Great Britain, which is now an admirable museum. Man of the people that I am, I was particularly keen to inspect the… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Guano Politik
Category: Features
Issue 25: A Pearl Beyond Price
22 October 2015 A Pearl Beyond Price by J.R.Thomas It is one of those special autumns. Not the Indian summer, however welcome and warming. Not the disastrous sporting performance, forcing us to realign our enthusiasm to our second choices. Not the party conferences, set piece speeches, rude crowds wasting eggs, and daggers being polished. No;… Continue reading Issue 25: A Pearl Beyond Price
Issue 25:2015 10 22: Charging for museums
22 October2015 Charging for Museums A tourist turn off or tough necessity? by Lynda Goetz Hurry, hurry, if you want to see the historic sites of Greece or gain entry to their museums! Prices will be going up significantly from April next year. Greece announced last week that it would be increasing the prices of… Continue reading Issue 25:2015 10 22: Charging for museums
Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A real “who’s your father?”
22 October 2015 A Real “Who’s Your Father?” Genetic testing brings unwelcome surprises by Chin Chin We all enjoy the drama of the law courts – the Somerset case which was regarded as abolishing slavery in the UK, the Bloody Assizes of Judge Jeffreys, the Lady Chatterley trial, the Oscar Wilde libel case. We like… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A real “who’s your father?”
Issue 24: 2015 10 15: The Right to bear arms
15 October 2015 The Right to Bear Arms by J.R.Thomas Sometimes one just says things without thought or pause which cause sharp intakes of breath and sideways glances among your audience. And you think “What? What? Why has that caused such surprise?”. That must be slightly how Ben Carson, GOP Presidential contender and current second… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15: The Right to bear arms
Issue 24: 2015 10 15 Myth by Chin Chin
15 October 2015 Myth by Chin Chin In the centre of the Spanish town of Trujillo there stands a large bronze statue of Francisco Pizarro, its most famous son. Pizarro was the leader of the expedition which conquered the Incas and annexed Peru to the Spanish crown, but he was only the first of the… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15 Myth by Chin Chin
Issue 24:2015 10 15:A Modern Dark Age?
15 October 2015 A Modern Dark Age? The problems of communication and technology. By Lynda Goetz “We had a great walk” enthused my niece after an outing from our house the other week. “We saw some really cool cows! They had the hugest, cutest eyes,” she continued, thrusting her iPhone towards us to illustrate her… Continue reading Issue 24:2015 10 15:A Modern Dark Age?
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Transports of Delight
08 October 2015 Transports of Delight by J R Thomas Given the influence it has on the daily lives of so many Londoners, it is surprisingly seldom that Transport for London (or TfL as it more coyly likes to be called) gets into the headlines. But it certainly did last week, over what it no… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Transports of Delight
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Followership
08 October 2015 Followership How the new business school idea will work in practice By Chin Chin Imagine the scene. You have been called in to your boss’s office so that he can congratulate you on your excellent work. I have used “he” for verisimilitude as, statistically (and what a damning indictment of contemporary society… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Followership
Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Flossing and Trains
01 October 2015 Flossing and Trains By Chin Chin There is nothing intrinsically disgusting about using toothpicks. In fact not so long ago they would have been placed on the dining table so that those who encountered a particularly chewy piece of meat could remedy any consequences before they turned to tackle the dessert. But… Continue reading Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Flossing and Trains
Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Yeay Puppiiees!!
01 October 2015 Yeay Puppiiiees!! The joys of family and new dog ownership. by Serena Sinclair Our family has always owned dogs. They are most definitely part of the family. The family living at home is now, however, sadly depleted, with children supposedly grown up and scattered. Well, they were for some years. It seems… Continue reading Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Yeay Puppiiees!!
Issue 22;2015 10 1: The Glorious First
1 October 2015 The Glorious First by J R Thomas Every year the newspapers run amusing and sometimes serious articles on the Glorious 12th, the 12th August, when every gentleman and increasingly, many gentlewomen, head to the northern hills in the hope of multiple encounters with a rare bird, the red grouse. As we discussed… Continue reading Issue 22;2015 10 1: The Glorious First
Issue 21:2015 09 24: The Only Lesson of History…
24 September 2015 The Only Lesson of History… …is that we learn nothing from history. by J R Thomas In 1919, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando and David Lloyd George, the leaders of the victorious powers in the War to End All Wars, sat down together to sort out Europe. It was a job… Continue reading Issue 21:2015 09 24: The Only Lesson of History…
