177: To the Barricades – the Shaw Sheet emagazine, a Monthly Comment on the News

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Cover page

Cover Page, 08 November 2018, Issue 177 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… Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Cover page

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Lens on the week

8 November 2018 Lens on the Week UK BREXIT: According to “1066 and All That”, faced with the problem of what to do about James II “the people lost control of themselves altogether and, lighting an enormous number of candles, declared that the answer was an Orange.” This time the answer will be a fudge. … Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Lens on the week

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Foreign Purchasers

08 November 2018 Foreign Purchasers Dark Buildings, Dirty Money. By Lynda Goetz A friend of mine who is fortunate enough to own a house in Knightsbridge, in an area where the price tag for a two-bedroom flat comes in at over two million pounds, was reflecting rather sadly the other day on how much the… Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Foreign Purchasers

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The Call Of Duty

08 November 2018 The Call Of Duty A way of living. By John Watson The obituary writers have been busy this week with the disappearance of two major figures from the public stage. First there was Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who as owner of Leicester City football club presided over its meteoric rise up the Premier League… Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The Call Of Duty

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Brexit: Avoiding the Issue

8 November 2018 Brexit: Avoiding the issue A Bluffer’s Guide. By Frank O’Nomics Are we nearly there? We seem to get a fresh story of a Brexit deal every week, only to see the bubble burst over the next few days. This week, the ink on a “leaked” memo regarding plans to sell an agreed… Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Brexit: Avoiding the Issue

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Statue Envy

08 November 2018 Statue Envy Mine’s bigger than yours. By Neil Tidmarsh Welcome to Cragside, the grand Tudor Revival mansion built by the architect Richard Norman Shaw in the 1870’s for Lord Armstrong, and acquired by the National Trust in 1977. Over here, on this side of the great hall, you will see a bronze… Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Statue Envy

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Come the Revolution

08 November 2018 Come the Revolution Tomorrow, perhaps? By J R Thomas Next year will be a very big year for the labour movement, and no doubt for Labour, its manifestation on earth in the political system. In August 2019 it will be the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre and a golden opportunity for… Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Come the Revolution

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Blasphemy laws

8 November 2018 Blasphemy laws Going, going…but not gone. By Jack Wippell Last Friday, Ireland voted to remove blasphemy laws from its constitution. It was a unanimous vote in the sense that all 40 constituencies agreed, and an overall 64.85 percent voted in support. It has been greeted with applause from human rights organisations worldwide,… Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Blasphemy laws

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Diary of a Corbynista

8 November 2018 Diary of a Corbynista A Rerun of Peterloo? by Don Urquhart 1 November The i reports that three universities are close to bankruptcy. The government will refuse to bail them out. It is a symptom of the marketisation of education, stimulated by exorbitant tuition fees. Surely universities, like schools, should be treated… Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Diary of a Corbynista

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The African Egg Collector

08 November 2018 The African Egg Collector And other stories; an introduction. By Richard Pooley Do you write lists? “To Do” lists, I mean. Those lists which should start with “Write a ‘To Do’ list” because when you finish the list you can cross that first line off with a silent but triumphant “Yes!” I am… Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The African Egg Collector

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The Tethered Goat

08 November 2018 The Tethered Goat Hunting from the kitchen. By Quatermain Chin 9.30 in the morning and it’s time for a little sport. No, no, don’t get me wrong. I am not about to stride manfully into the street, clad only in shorts and singlet, to do a quick five-miles in the London drizzle. … Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: The Tethered Goat

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Edward Burne-Jones

King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid 1884 Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt 1833-1898 Presented by subscribers 1900 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01771

08 November 2018 Edward Burne-Jones Tate Britain (24 October 2018 – 24 February 2019). Reviewed by William Morton Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) was one of the leading Pre-Raphaelite artists. He abandoned a theology degree and took up art with encouragement from Rossetti. He was a close collaborator of William Morris and a friend of Swinburne. He… Continue reading Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Edward Burne-Jones

Issue 177: 2018 11 08: Cartoons

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