27 August 2015: Issue 17   Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment  Biding their time by J.R.Thomas Some light on Mrs Clinton’s campaign for the Democratic nomination El Dorado’s ghost by Neil Tidmarsh still draws blood Tianjin: It tolls for thee by John Watson How should we manage the big risks? Features Dogs and their… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: contents

  20 August 2015: Issue 16 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Now I’m a Union Man by J.R.Thomas Finding a way forward for British Trade Unionism Tourism v Terrorism by Neil Tidmarsh A source of hope in Gaza Duty Free Sales- a nasty piece of bullying by John Watson A slander exploded Features Education for All… Continue reading Issue16:2015 08 20 Contents

13 August 2015: Issue 15 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Leadership Matters by J.R.Thomas Two contests separated by a common ocean The hidden benefits of private Education by John Watson Is it really the job of commerce to right the balance? A matter of momentum by John Watson What can Mr Corbyn be expected to achieve?… Continue reading Issue 15: 2015 08 13 Contents

06 August 2015: Issue 14 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Spotlight moves to Charities by John Watson Charities are the next UK institutions under the microscope Fading Icons: Belting the Green Belts by J.R.Thomas Where will all the people go? Cooped up in Calais by John Watson The solution may be larger than the problem Features Across the… Continue reading Issue 14: 2015 08 06 Contents

 16 July 2015: Issue 11 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment To boldly go… in the starship Free Enterprise by Neil Tidmarsh The future of space travel is blasting off from the private sector The people who cannot afford it by John Watson There is real pain behind the budget figures All the President’s People by J.R.Thomas… Continue reading Issue 11: 2015 07 16: contents

 9 July 2015: Issue 10 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Negotiations? Which Negotiations? by Neil Tidmarsh The discussions in Vienna are far more important than the debate about Greece Mr Tsipras’s tactics by John Watson Looking for method in the Greek madness Surplus Energy by J.R.Thomas Just what is keeping the oil price down? Features GM Humans… Continue reading Issue 10: 2015 07 09:contents

 2 July 2015: Issue 9 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Referendum Card by John Watson The apex of democracy or just another manoeuvre? The Refugee Crisis; Any Solutions? by Neil Tidmarsh Just what can be done about the Mediterranean migrants? Fading Icons: Digging the National Parks by J.R.Thomas The permission for the North York Moors… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: contents

 25 June 2015: Issue 8 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The threat from outside the bubble by John Watson How public opinion is beginning to rock the consensus on which Europe is built Who was Ioannis Kapodistrias? by Neil Tidmarsh A look at the historic link between Greece and Russia End Austerity now! by J.R.Thomas There… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: contents

 18 June 2015: Issue 7 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment A Question of Trust by John Watson Should it be the judges or the Home Office who have the job of taming the spooks?  Troubled Bridge Over Water by J.R.Thomas Doubts assail the Garden Bridge I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto The Hills… but not… Continue reading Issue 7: 2015 06 18:contents

 11 June 2015: Issue 6 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Exams: a bipartisan approach is needed by John Watson A call for a long hard think about exams and syllabuses  Peeling the Union by J.R.Thomas Is it really wise to attack the political levy? Turkey’s Election – no thank you, Mr President by Neil Tidmarsh… Continue reading Issue 6: 2015 06 11: contents

 4 June 2015: Issue 5 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The FIFA affair: a test of moral courage by John Watson Why did it have to be done by the Americans?  “Your train is delayed because someone couldn’t be bothered to live anymore” by Lynda Goetz Shocking, yes, but consider the other viewpoint A… Continue reading Issue 5: 2015 06 04: contents

 21 May 2015: Issue 3 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Samurai Rising by Neil Tidmarsh Should we be worried or reassured by Japan’s move away from its ‘peace clause’? Not quite gentlemen: will the Guardian go back to Manchester? by John Watson It just isn’t nice to read other people’s correspondence. In a Pickle by… Continue reading Issue 3:2015 05 21:Contents