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Issue84:2016 12 15:“Made it, Ma! Top of the World!” Part II (Neil Tidmarsh)

15 December 2016 “Made it, Ma! Top of the World!” Part II What do Lagarde, Cahuzac, Strauss-Kahn and Rato all have in common? by Neil Tidmarsh What do the following four people have in common: Christine Lagarde, Jérôme Cahuzac, Dominique Straus-Kahn and Rodrigo Rato? Yes, they have all been finance ministers.  Christine Lagarde became a… Continue reading Issue84:2016 12 15:“Made it, Ma! Top of the World!” Part II (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Contents

 29 September 2016: Issue 73 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Time To Rat by John Watson The plight of the Blairites. The Lives Of Others by J R Thomas Cruz? Sanders? Rubio? Where are they all? The Line Of Control by Neil Tidmarsh India and Pakistan square up over Kashmir. Reports of the death of the… Continue reading Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Contents

Issue 70: 2016 09 08: Week in Brief: UK

08 September 2016 Week in Brief: UK General Politics CHILD ABUSE ENQUIRY: Dame Lowell Goddard, the New Zealand judge who recently resigned from the chairmanship of the abuse enquiry, has said that its extensive scale and size makes it unmanageable. She has suggested that her resignation presents an opportunity to remodel it with less focus… Continue reading Issue 70: 2016 09 08: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 69:2016 09 01:Week in Brief Financial

1 September 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City BRAKE AND ACCELERATE:  Tata’s UK subsidiary JLR – or Jaguar Land Rover as it is better known – reported a good second quarter to the end of June.  Or was it a bad second quarter?  In terms of volume it was certainly very impressive; sales… Continue reading Issue 69:2016 09 01:Week in Brief Financial

Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Houses and Integration (John Watson)

26 May 2016 Houses and Integration As the emphasis moves to the mainstream the need is for houses by John Watson I believe it was Max Planck and Albert Einstein who first understood the dual nature of light. Although in some ways a stream of particles, it also exhibits features which can only be understood… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Houses and Integration (John Watson)

Issue 53:2016 05 12:Sket (Adam McCormack)

12 May 2016 Sket Park 90 reviewed by  Adam McCormack Sexting amongst teenagers is a big problem, and a far bigger one than I suspect most of us realise.  PMJ productions new play by Maya Sondhi, does a very good job of demonstrating just how widespread sexting is, and succeeds in giving us some idea… Continue reading Issue 53:2016 05 12:Sket (Adam McCormack)

Issue 46:2016 03 24: Week in brief (Financial)

24 March 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY                          RETAIL HOME WIN:  In another unexpected turn of events in a takeover battle that has been full of them, J Sainsbury emerged victorious to win ownership of Home Retail Group, owner of Argos, the catalogue and high street retailer.   The City had reacted… Continue reading Issue 46:2016 03 24: Week in brief (Financial)

Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Week in Brief FInancial

17 March 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY NUCLEAR FUSION:  The doubts over whether the proposed new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point will ever get built continue to grow.   Although Chancellor George Osborne and Prime Minister David Cameron have both said that building the power plant is vital for the UK’s… Continue reading Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Week in Brief FInancial

Issue 35: 2016 01 14: Week in Brief: UK

14 January 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: David Cameron has changed his mind and has said that he will allow minsters to campaign in favour of the UK leaving the EU. The effect is to suspend the usual principle of collective cabinet responsibility. DOCTORS’ STRIKE: The strike of junior doctors has started, after… Continue reading Issue 35: 2016 01 14: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 36: Crossword – A Little Learning – printable

14 January 2016 Crossword by Boffles A Little Learning Across     7  Arithmetic that does not involve paper or a calculator (6)     8  ….. …….. parentis. How schools like to see themselves (2,4)     9  Town opposition (4)   10  Oxford college (and a Cambridge one with extra English) (8)   11  Scholar who… Continue reading Issue 36: Crossword – A Little Learning – printable

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