Cover Page, 16 July 2020, Issue 242 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 johnW@shawsheet.com for
16 July 2020 Ozymandias The temple of travel. By John Watson “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. The lines are immortal but Shelley’s
16 July 2020 Followers On by J.R. Thomas Let’s start with Joe Biden, no longer a follower-on, far from it. He’s leading in the polls and maybe in the battle of ideas, such as it is this time round. Joe has been shaking off the Trumpian “Sleepy Joe” slur by rushing about, wearing a facemask,
16 July 202o C0vered in Confusion Masks – why now? By Lynda Goetz Are you one of those who is confused, anxious or just plain p….d off? I ask of course about the latest U-turn of our esteemed Government, backed of course, by the Science – or at least some of it. Whether or not
16 July 2020 Sacred and Profane Church, temple, mosque. By Neil Tidmarsh Scores of heavily armed men attacked a compound in Johannesburg in the early hours of last Saturday. At least eight men came over the perimeter wall at 3am and opened fire on the occupants, who fought back. A white van then rammed the
16 July 2020 Diary of a Corbynista Masking the Problems by Don Urquhart 9 July Surely one of the most erotic movie scenes is the virginal Fay Wray pegged out for the delectation of King Kong. Alok Sharma could not look less like Fay and Robert Peston has only a passing resemblance to Kong but
16 July 2020 Between Two Worlds East and West. By Jehad Al-Omari A few years after investing in the latest tablet technology I discovered that reading e-books is not for me. I mostly read in bed and there is an enjoyment in finding yourself having dozed off with a printed book on your face. I
16 July 2020 View from the Cotswolds Cut the clap, Boris: Give them the money By Paul Branch The other weekend we had another clapping session for the NHS, this time to celebrate its birthday, in what apparently will now become an annual ritual. Boris naturally led us in the applause from No 10, looking
