Cover Page, 11 October 2018, Issue 173 Welcome to our new issue. We hope you enjoy our articles and the other features. If you do, we ask that you please forward them to, and recommend us to, any contacts of yours who would be interested. If you can persuade them to register for our weekly
11 October 2018 Lens on the Week UK BREXIT: Paturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus (Horace). Well, the first part of that is certainly true. The mountains are indeed in labour and Mr Juncker, Mr Tusk, Mrs May, Mr Raab and their friends in the Brexit zoo are all showing more signs of optimism. Will it
11 October 2018 Dirty Democrats A moment to hold the nose. By John Watson To North London liberals, American politics are really very simple. It is the Democrats who represent what we in Britain would regard as centre ground – universal healthcare, more tolerant immigration policies, restrictions on fire arms, etc. Clearly they are the
11 October 2018 This Week’s Mysteries A multiple-choice quiz. By Neil Tidmarsh Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple were overwhelmed this week. So much mystery, so many puzzles. Holmes fiddled away so furiously on his violin that it burst into flames, Poirot twiddled his moustaches so violently that they came off in his hands,
11 October 2018 Rough Lines Time For A New Train Set. by J R Thomas “Due to planned engineering works, there is no escalator service at Brixton. Passengers requiring assistance should alight at other stations.” “The Central Line is closed due to strike action. There are no trains on the Victoria line beyond
11 October 2018 Housing Affordability – A solution Building homes not investments By Frank O’Nomics Sometimes news, even from erudite institutions such as the Institute for Fiscal Studies, just doesn’t seem like news. Informing us that young people have never found it as hard to get on the housing ladder comes as no surprise to
11 October 2018 Diary of a Corbynista Council of Despair by Don Urquhart 4 October Clacton is one of the most deprived towns in the UK. Andy Wood represented North Clacton as a Conservative on the Essex County Council but has defected to the Liberal Democrats. His reasoning: I no longer believe that the Conservatives
11 October 2018 The Curse Of Abstinence Loss of a deal. By Count Chin Shh, Readers, it’s me again, slipping in an article under the noses of the editors without their spotting it. Good name too, don’t you think? Nobody would think of me being a count. At least that’s what I thought until yesterday
11 October 2018 Magic Realism Art in Weimar Germany 1919-1933 Tate Modern, until 14 July 2019 (Free) Reviewed by William Morton The term ‘Magic Realism’ was coined in 1925 by a German artist and critic, Frank Roh, to describe a shift towards bleak realism combined with disturbing images in art produced in Germany after the
11 October 2018 I’m not running (a play by David Hare) The National Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating: *** Pauline Gibson (Sian Brooke) is that rarest of breeds – the single issue politician. When her cause is as popular as saving a local hospital, the issue is sufficient to get her elected as
