27 August 2015 A Matter of Style by Chin Chin Well, we’ve all got some explaining to do; all of us, that is, who dragged our children to antique fairs stifling their protests with the mantra “It is a great investment. One day you will thank me. They don’t make more of them. Values can… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: A Matter of Style
Category: Features
Issue 17: 2015 08 27;Dogs and their Owners
27 August 2015 Dogs and their Owners by Serena Sinclair It has long been noted that people often buy dogs which reflect aspects of their appearance or personality. The cartoonists have had great fun with the images of lanky, long-haired models with look-alike Afghan hounds or the primped poodles with similarly beribboned owners. We tend… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27;Dogs and their Owners
Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Scotched
27 August 2015 Scotched by J R Thomas When you consider its pleasures and advantages, it really is astonishing that cricket in England is not even more popular. Admittedly, matches that can go for five days without a clear result do not really conform to the modern taste for things that are quick, decisive, and… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Scotched
Issue 16:2015 08 20: Recycling – myths and facts
20 August 2015 Recycling – myths and facts By Lynda Goetz When my mother-in-law died, she left, apart from some beautiful furniture, a couple of drawers full of luxurious bed linen. I was more than happy to take on the care and custody of all these items. Will the same be true of my daughters? So… Continue reading Issue 16:2015 08 20: Recycling – myths and facts
Issue16: 2015 08 20:Fading Icons: The Company Tie
20 August 2015 Fading Icons: The Company Tie by J.R.Thomas The icons in this series may fade but their corporate colours are still loud and clear. This week we come to an icon which is fading not just metaphorically but, often, literally. Nowadays, only too frequently, these dull but resonant symbols of the loyal… Continue reading Issue16: 2015 08 20:Fading Icons: The Company Tie
Issue 16:2015 08 20:Education for all
20 August 2015 Education for all By Serena Sinclair Lord Kenneth Baker who was Education Secretary from 1986 to 1989 told the Sunday Telegraph that the GCSEs are ripe for review. He takes the view that, as all pupils are now obliged by law to stay on in some form of education until 18, GCSEs… Continue reading Issue 16:2015 08 20:Education for all
Issue 16: 2015 08 20: Accumulations
20 August 2015 Accumulations By Chin Chin The verb to collect is declined as follows: “I am a collector. You are into retro. He buys junk.” When it comes to accumulating things, there are plenty of different perspectives and they begin with different views as to whether it is a nice thing to do at all.… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: Accumulations
Issue 15: 2015 08 13:Grousing about
13 August 2015 Grousing About by J R Thomas George Earl’s great painting “Going North – Kings Cross” depicts an astonishing hubbub of activity at King’s Cross Station the day before the Glorious Twelfth of 1893. The platform (no barriers then of course) was crowded with spaniels, setters, pointers (but no labradors – their day… Continue reading Issue 15: 2015 08 13:Grousing about
Issue 15: 2015 08 13: What your name says about you
13 August 2015 What your name says about you by Lynda Goetz What’s in a name? A great deal, actually. Let’s just take surnames to start with. These can, as most people know, indicate many things, such as where your ancestors came from; what their occupations were; what they looked like or indeed their relationship… Continue reading Issue 15: 2015 08 13: What your name says about you
Issue 15: 2015 08 13 : Australia Murders Language in Revenge
13 August 2015 Australia Murders Language in Revenge By Chin Chin With the current enthusiasm for plays written by Aeschylus and Euripides you would have thought that we would recognise revenge when we see it. How is it then that when the Sydney Morning Herald described the start of the fourth ashes test match as… Continue reading Issue 15: 2015 08 13 : Australia Murders Language in Revenge
Issue 14: 2015 08 05:Moveable goalposts and flexible borders
6 August 2015 Moveable goalposts and flexible border-Are fences the answer? by Lynda Goetz With all the news of migrations focusing on Calais, assaults on the Channel tunnel and overloaded ships sinking in the Mediterranean, it may have escaped your notice that Hungary has been having problems of its own. Having joined the EU eleven… Continue reading Issue 14: 2015 08 05:Moveable goalposts and flexible borders
Issue 14: 2015 08 06 Across the Rhine
6 August 2015 Across the Rhine By Chin Chin Turn your car west in the fastnesses of the Black forest, cross the Rhine just north of Basel and drive through Alsace into the lush countryside of Burgundy. Physically it is only a drive of a couple of hundred miles but culturally the two ends of… Continue reading Issue 14: 2015 08 06 Across the Rhine
Issue 14: 2015 08 06: Ancient liberties
6 August 2015 Ancient Liberties by J. R. Thomas One of the great growth industries of the last 40 years is the anti-discrimination business. Whilst not perhaps solely Britain’s gift to the world – we must offer due deference to the USA in this – we have certainly become market leaders in the rooting… Continue reading Issue 14: 2015 08 06: Ancient liberties
