Cover Page, 20 May 2021, Issue 280 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider Home Office loos, the Labour party, changing USA, that podcast (Prince Ha..?), a Corbynista’s week, Covid-19 data, and more… Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
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Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Hammy, Prince of Denmark
20 May 2021 Hammy, Prince of Denmark The podcast. By Neil Tidmarsh Hamlet: ‘To be or not to be; that is the question: / Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to…’ I was in a very dark place, you see. Thought I was going mad. Even contemplated suicide. I needed help, but there wasn’t any. … Continue reading Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Hammy, Prince of Denmark
Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Home Office Loos
20 May 2021 Home Office Loos Canute’s approach. By John Watson Had Canute read Monday’s edition of The Times, he would probably have smiled. That eminently practical monarch, famous for his seashore demonstration that bullshit cannot stand in the face of the real world, would have found plenty to illustrate his thesis. Although it is… Continue reading Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Home Office Loos
Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Strange Diversions
20 May 2021 Lies, Damned Lies and Coronavirus Strange diversions. By David Chilvers We are now at a stage where the number of COVID-19 deaths is in single figures most days, lower than the 32 per day we forecast for mid May back in early February. Our forecast of the number of positive tests per… Continue reading Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Strange Diversions
Issue 280: 2021 05 20: What Is Left Behind
20 May 2020 What Is Left Behind by J.R. Thomas After the death in 1726 of his architect John Vanbrugh who was building the baroque paradise of Castle Howard for him, the Earl of Carlisle lost interest in completing his two-thirds built house. Instead, he focussed all his attentions on landscaping a thousand acres or… Continue reading Issue 280: 2021 05 20: What Is Left Behind
Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Diary of a Corbynista
20 May 2021 Diary of a Corbynista Hail the new Chamberlain by Don Urquhart 13 May I have been reading The Glamour Boys, a book by Chris Bryant that tells of the contribution made by gay politicians to the demolition of the appeasement policy before the war. One thing that struck me was that our… Continue reading Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Harry’s Opinions
20 May 2021 Harry’s Opinions Who cares? By Lynda Goetz Poor benighted Harry. I suppose he does give us something to talk about. In a weekly podcast aptly named ‘The Armchair Expert’ *, hosted by American actor, writer and director Dax Shepherd and his co-host Monica Padman, the former working royal (the ‘Dook of Sussex’,… Continue reading Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Harry’s Opinions
Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Labour Withering
20 May 2021 Labour withering on the vine Quo vadis? By Paul Branch Those of you long enough in the tooth to remember the General Election of 1979 will probably need no reminding of possibly the greatest campaign poster of all time. Designed by Saatchi & Saatchi for initial use in 1978, it showed a… Continue reading Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Labour Withering
Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Crossword
20 May 2021 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 280 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. 279 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Cartoons
20 May 2021 Cartoons By AGGro … Continue reading Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Cartoons
Issue 280: 2021 05 20: Jazz up your screen
The Best Jazz Fix advertised by Concerts Online. Concert by Jim Gold and Will Barry.
