24 September 2015 Be Like A Spider By Chin Chin There is a large spider hanging just outside my window where it moves up and down as the wind touches the gossamer thread from which it is suspended. As it is only a few inches away I can, by moving my head a little, backwards… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Be Like A Spider
Category: Features
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Power To The People?
24 September 2015 Power To The People? Keeping the role of politicians in context. By John Watson Many of those who in the 1960s demonstrated in the streets crying “Power to the People” would have found it difficult to explain what they meant by it. After all, then as now, we lived in a parliamentary… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Power To The People?
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: Steel Yourselves
17 September 2015 Steel Yourselves by J.R.Thomas One of the most famous photographs of Mrs Thatcher was taken in spring 1987 as the Iron Lady strode across the site of the ironworks of Headly Wrightson, a demolished and derelict wasteland in central Middlesbrough; sensible heels crossing rubble and ruts, she explained that Britain must move… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: Steel Yourselves
Issue 20:2015 09 17: Third-Wave Feminism
17 September 2015 Third-Wave Feminism Proudman or Proud Lady? by Lynda Goetz Much has been written about the barrister, Charlotte Proudman, aged 27, in the last week; some of it supportive, some condemnatory and the rest more than slightly incredulous at all the fuss. For anyone who has been on Mars or in the Maldives… Continue reading Issue 20:2015 09 17: Third-Wave Feminism
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: Men and Women For All Seasons
17 September 2015 Men And Women for All Seasons By Chin Chin Of all the great literary figures, Dorothy L Sayers was amongst the most adaptable. Speak to an expert on Dante and he will talk about her as the great translator of “The Divine Comedy”. Talk to an educationalist and he will refer you… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: Men and Women For All Seasons
Issue 19:2015 09 10:How to be a Tedious Teenager
10 September 2015 How to be a Tedious Teenager by Lynda Goetz The Guide Parents, as we all know, can be terminally tedious and irritating. Teenagers have far more understanding of how the modern world really works and should, of course, be left to get on with their lives without interference from boring adults. Here… Continue reading Issue 19:2015 09 10:How to be a Tedious Teenager
Issue 19:2015 09 10: Are the French really out to lunch?
10 September 2015 Are the French really out to lunch? Or are the English several sandwiches short of a decent ‘picnique’? by Richard Pooley “Oh la vache!”* exclaimed Alain. He’s an ex-rugby player and keen supporter of our local Top 14 club, Brive – but when told last weekend that the next home match would… Continue reading Issue 19:2015 09 10: Are the French really out to lunch?
Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Sorry!
10 September 2015 Sorry! By Chin Chin Every country has its meaningless expressions. In America it’s “have a nice day”, in Ireland “bejeysus”, in France “je vous en prie”. In Mexico they say “hey gringo” but that can’t be entirely meaningless as (if the films are to be believed) it is normally followed by a… Continue reading Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Sorry!
Issue 19: 2015 09 10: New Face in Town
10 September 2015 New Face in Town by Neil Tidmarsh Has anyone else noticed that a new, distinct and uniform architectural style is sweeping through our towns and cities? Every office building and block of flats to go up over the last year seems to have been designed by the same architect. The style is… Continue reading Issue 19: 2015 09 10: New Face in Town
Issue 18: 2015 09 03: On and Off
3 September 2015 On and Off by Chin Chin The verb “to intermit” isn’t used much anymore but years ago it had an honoured place in the English language. Meaning to suspend action for a time, it can be found in literature as diverse as Milton’s Paradise Lost: “Casual discourse…which intermits Our dayeswork” (sic) and… Continue reading Issue 18: 2015 09 03: On and Off
Issue18: 2015 09 03: Distant Trumpets
3 September 2015 Distant Trumpets by J.R. Thomas In the USA there is no August holiday for those running in the primaries either for the Republicans or for the Democrats. Indeed, holiday season is seen as an opportunity for the candidates to get out into the open air, especially to the State Fairs, and push… Continue reading Issue18: 2015 09 03: Distant Trumpets
Issue 18:2015 09 03: BUY TO LET
3 September 2015 Buy-to-let by Lynda Goetz ‘Buy-to-let’ is a term coined in the Nineties referring, obviously, to the purchase of property for the purpose of letting or renting it out. This was, of course, no new phenomenon, but there had been a massive decline in the UK housing stock which was available to rent,… Continue reading Issue 18:2015 09 03: BUY TO LET
Issue 17:2015 08 27:Internships
27 August 2015 Internships by Lynda Goetz A useful career move or an exploitation of young people? ‘All Apprenticeships are real jobs so all apprentices earn a salary’ (GOV.UK A Guide to Apprenticeships). Unfortunately for those looking for on-the-job training in the so-called white-collar world, internships are not only frequently unpaid, they… Continue reading Issue 17:2015 08 27:Internships
