Cover Page, 29 April 2021, Issue 277 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we explore inner and outer space, in religious retreats and the far reaches of our solar system. We also consider the dangerous temptations of short term popularity; this season’s political infighting; the latest Covid-19 statistics; education and the importance of polite… Continue reading Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Cover page
Issue: 277: Distant Retreat
Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Low Hanging Fruit
29 April 2021 Low Hanging Fruit The serpent’s offering. By John Watson Whahey! Low hanging fruit! The world and his wife (or her husband) stand shoulder to shoulder in their condemnation of the ill-fated European Super League and lo, who do we see in the first rank but Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a fistful of… Continue reading Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Low Hanging Fruit
Issue 277: 2021 04 29: What’s the risk?
29 April 2021 Lies, Damned Lies and Coronavirus What’s the risk? by David Chilvers There has been a lot of media coverage in recent weeks linking blood clots to the AstraZeneca vaccine. The negative publicity has been such that some countries have stopped using the AstraZeneca vaccine completely, whilst others (including the UK) have… Continue reading Issue 277: 2021 04 29: What’s the risk?
Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Hiding Away
29 April 2021 Hiding Away A Church reborn? By J.R. Thomas Dear old Henry VIII. We remember for two things – six wives, and for dissolving the monasteries. The latter, thank you Henry, has given us some of the most peaceful and beautiful ruins in the word. The ruins tend to be by now ruins… Continue reading Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Hiding Away
Issue 277: 2021 04 29: A Stellar Legacy
29 April 2021 A Stellar Legacy By Paul Branch Sixty years ago this week, in 1961, the then recently elected President John F Kennedy became embroiled in an international incident the USA didn’t want, certainly didn’t need and to this day the memories still linger on. A band of dissident Cuban refugees attempted a coup… Continue reading Issue 277: 2021 04 29: A Stellar Legacy
Issue 277: 2021 04 29: PIFL
29 April 2021 PIFL The season so far. By Neil Tidmarsh The pandemic might have knocked MMA (Mixed Martial Arts, i.e. cage-fighting) out for the count, but this season’s PIFL (the Political Infighting League) has more than filled the gap for those of us who need a regular fix of violent blood-sports. And what a… Continue reading Issue 277: 2021 04 29: PIFL
Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Piles of Bodies
29 April 2021 Diary of a Corbynista Piles of Bodies by Don Urquhart 22 April The former veterans’ minister Johnny Mercer either resigned or was fired yesterday. His view of Boris Johnson’s government – a “cesspit” and “the most distrustful, awful environment I’ve ever worked in”. God help us! 23 April 39 former postmasters had… Continue reading Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Piles of Bodies
Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Debate
29 April 2021 Debate Learning to listen and discuss. By Lynda Goetz Last week, Kenneth Baker, former Education Secretary under Margaret Thatcher, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, repeated his view that the GCSE exams, which he had been instrumental in introducing, should be scrapped. This opinion is not new. Last June the Times… Continue reading Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Debate
Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Crossword
29 April 2021 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 277 Click for this Week’s interactive online crossword Click for a printable version of this Week’s crossword Click for the solution to crossword no. 276 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Cartoons
29 April 2021 Cartoons By AGGro … Continue reading Issue 277: 2021 04 29: Cartoons
