Cover Page, 11 June 2020, Issue 237 Welcome to our latest edition. We hope you enjoy its articles, features and puzzles. The Shaw Sheet would like to introduce new writers either on an occasional or regular basis. So have you got some spare time at the moment? If so contact the editors at [email protected] for… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Cover page
Issue: 237: Sins of Forefathers
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: The Slave Trade
11 June 2020 The Slave Trade Not my fault. By John Watson It may have been too much cheese, but I had nightmares last night and the worst of those nightmares was that I was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. Now the Great Khan had many talents but by modern standards he behaved pretty… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: The Slave Trade
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Plastic Fantastic
11 June 2020 Plastic Fantastic Paying the bills by J.R.Thomas The clouds are finally parting and those of us who are partial to sunlight (apparently a good proof against dementia) are looking forward to better times. One though who may not be a ray of sunshine for some time is the Chancellor of the Exchequer,… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Plastic Fantastic
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Is Speaking English
11 June 2020 Is speaking English killing the British? The Japanese think so. By Richard Pooley When running management training courses for international businesspeople, often a mix of native and non-native English speakers, I would give the following facts: “The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. … Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Is Speaking English
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Bristol’s Fallen Idol
11 June 2020 Bristol’s Fallen Idol Slavery, history and iconoclasm. By Neil Tidmarsh So a statue of a deputy governor of the Royal African Company has been knocked off its pedestal in Bristol. Well, good riddance to him. The restraint shown by the police was admirable. But it was a criminal act, of course, so… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Bristol’s Fallen Idol
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Let There Be Light
11 June 2020 Let There Be Light In the American darkness. By Robert Kilconner In the story The Adventure of the Copper Beeches, Holmes explains to Watson why in his view the countryside presents a more dreadful record of sin than the town: “The pressure of public opinion can do in the town what the… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Let There Be Light
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Bobbies Off The Beat
11 June 2020 Bobbies Off The Beat Bristol behaviour. By Lynda Goetz The origins of the word ‘Bobbies’* will be well-known to those who know their history. However, these days it would appear that knowledge of history is not perhaps as widespread as it should be. The differences between the history of this country and… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Bobbies Off The Beat
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Property Market
11 June 2020 Property Market Standoff Who will win? by Frank O’Nomics In the blue corner stands the property market bull, confident that prices will hold up whatever the economic weather. In the red corner, the predatory bear, arguing that a global pandemic can only mean lower prices and they will not hold up. Surely… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Property Market
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Diary of a Corbynista
11 June 2020 Diary of a Corbynista Ignoring the Science by Don Urquhart 4 June The media are more openly criticising Covid-19 policy since the Cummings fiasco. Yesterday Newsnight continued its series of special reports on Care Homes making clear to what extent these institutions were abandoned even while Hancock was claiming to have surrounded… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Social Distancing
11 June 2020 Social Distancing in Cumbria Week 12 by Vic Leader Almost three months since I locked down. The end of the period I expected to be ‘isolated’. So much has happened, and so little. For me, those three months have passed no more nor less quickly than any other. As mentioned before I… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Social Distancing
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Oxford Welsh
11 June 2020 Oxford Welsh by Philip Throp How many of you, dear readers, speak “Oxford” English? This language is surely dying out, but how about Oxford WELSH? That is, Oxford Welsh as spoken by a Flemish Town Mayor. On the occasion of 800 years since Sint Niklaas received its Town Charter, I was very… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Oxford Welsh
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Women?
11 June 2020 View from the Cotswolds Women – Who Needs Them ….? By Paul Branch I like to think I know a bit about women. There have been many I’ve known intimately, of particular note being my grandmothers (one Italian, the other Liverpudlian) who successfully managed their own immediate family in times of great… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Women?
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: The Dating Game
11 June 2020 The Dating Game Victoria and after. By Chin Chin So far so good. You are able to wax knowledgeable about events up to 1837 and are now probably regarded as a great “history buff” by your friends. In fact, however, history did not stop then and next on the scene is Victoria,… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: The Dating Game
