20 July 2017 Sew So Competing with the little old ladies. By Chin Chin My father’s generation were more Gothic than mine and I remember him telling me that, when he was very young, he was told by an aunt that if he did not behave: “I will cut off your head and sew a… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Sew So (Chin Chin)
Category: Features
Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Flushing The Mind (Chin Chin)
13 July 2017 Flushing The Mind Those with total recall belong in the funny farm. By Chin Chin The Commonwealth has made many fine contributions to Britain and its citizens over the years: wealth, prestige, resources, support in time of war and cultural enrichment in time of peace. But the best thing of all is… Continue reading Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Flushing The Mind (Chin Chin)
Issue 113:2017 06 13:Lost in Eden(J.R.Thomas)
13 July 2107 Lost in Eden Is Sir Anthony a fair comparison? by J.R. Thomas The Financial Times columnist Bruce Anderson recently penned a characteristically direct and unsparing (“vicious” would be another word) article on the premiership and personality of Theresa May, in which he called her the “least successful Tory leader since Anthony Eden…”. … Continue reading Issue 113:2017 06 13:Lost in Eden(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Hampton Court Flower Show (Lynda Goetz)
06 July 2017 Hampton Court Flower Show 2017 Flowers or tennis? By Lynda Goetz It is that time of year again. The time of year when the pull of South West London becomes irresistible to many and the yellow and black AA signs sprout up around Wimbledon and Kingston, directing traffic to either ‘Wimbledon Tennis’… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Hampton Court Flower Show (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 112:2017 07 06:Hanging on in (J.R.Thomas)
06 July 2017 Hanging On In Clive James lives on by J.R.Thomas Soon after the launch of the Shaw Sheet on an unsuspecting world, we carried a review of Clive Jame’s “Sentenced to Life”, a slender but powerful book of the great Australia polymath’s poetry. James was apparently not long for this world, and in… Continue reading Issue 112:2017 07 06:Hanging on in (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Elvis Is Dead (Chin Chin)
06 July 2017 Elvis Is Dead And a victory for Thames Rowing Club. By Chin Chin There is no question but that things are serious. Until recently one could rely on the regularity of British life. Labour governments, Conservative governments, coalitions, etc; they all came and went, changing things a bit on the surface of… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Elvis Is Dead (Chin Chin)
Issue 111:2016 06 29: Post-Election Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
29 June 2017 Post-Election Diary of a Corbynista Extracts by Don Urquhart 9 June At just after 10 pm the exit poll summary said “HUNG PARLIAMENT”, and so it was to remain until this morning when we are just waiting for Kensington and Chelsea. Piers Morgan was right to point out that the Tories had… Continue reading Issue 111:2016 06 29: Post-Election Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Gastro Physics (Chin Chin)
29 June 2017 Gastro Physics Matching food with ideas. By Chin Chin Until very recently I had not heard of gastric physics, the new science whose high priest is Charles Spence of Oxford University. As I haven’t read his book yet, it would be a little unfair to review it, so I will just share… Continue reading Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Gastro Physics (Chin Chin)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Remain or Leave (Richard Pooley)
22 June 2017 Remain or Leave? The dilemma facing one British expatriate couple. by Richard Pooley My wife and I moved to south-west France in March 2013, intending to stay for no more than five years before returning to our house in Bath. After living in seven different countries and visiting over fifty others, either… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Remain or Leave (Richard Pooley)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Caravanning in the Ionian (Lynda Goetz)
22 June 2017 Caravanning In The Ionian Avoiding the car crash at home. By Lynda Goetz I have just returned from two weeks holiday. Oh yes, it was lovely, thank you. Of course I sent off my postal vote before I left. I do feel that we all have a responsibility to vote, but I… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Caravanning in the Ionian (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Old Goats (Chin Chin)
22 June 2017 Old Goats What are they doing in parliament? by Chin Chin It is the goat I felt sorry for. Okay, the Queen’s Speech had to be changed a bit to accommodate the election result but what about the goat whose skin was used for the original version? The tradition has long been… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Old Goats (Chin Chin)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Diary of a Corbinista (Don Urquhart)
22 June 2017 Election Diary of a Corbynista Extracts by Don Urquhart 18 April Theresa May has announced a General Election on June 8th. I would be delighted to see a united Labour Party in Parliament. What’s the point of people like Alan Johnson? 19 April Alan Johnson obviously agrees; he is standing down. 25… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Diary of a Corbinista (Don Urquhart)
Issue 109: 2017 06 15: Metaphorically Speaking (Chin Chin)
15 June 2017 Metaphorically Speaking An experiment in Sichuan. By Chin Chin Everyone has a preference as to manner of speech. American Indians don’t like white men who speak with forked tongues. Edward II was only eligible to be Prince of Wales because as a baby he spoke no English. Now though, we have something… Continue reading Issue 109: 2017 06 15: Metaphorically Speaking (Chin Chin)
