Cover Page, 29 July 2021, Issue 290 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: Japan’s heroic and Olympian decision to go ahead with the Games; Biden’s pipe(line) of peace with Merkel; the latest Covid statistics; Boris’s Covid gamble; Iraq says “A plague on both your houses”; Redbridge’s ‘death positive’ library; plus of course… Continue reading Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Cover page
Issue: 290: Braving It
Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Olympic Heroism
29 July 2021 Olympic Heroism Japan’s decision. By Robert Kilconner Direct from the pool, from our correspondent on the track, the reports from Tokyo are now coming in thick and fast. A good opening for the UK, it seems, but stories take in athletes from other countries too. Celebrations of talent, tales of adversity overcome… Continue reading Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Olympic Heroism
Issue 290: 2021 07 29: A Warm Glow
29 July 2021 That Warm Glow of Friendship By J.R. Thomas There was a time when writing about US politics was simple. The Republicans were the red party and the Democrats the blue, and that could be confusing, but once sorted, everything was easy. The Republicans were conservative, mostly old fashioned, generally religious… Continue reading Issue 290: 2021 07 29: A Warm Glow
Issue 290: 2021 07 29: The Price of Immunity
29 July 2021 The Price of Immunity Why the gamble? By John Watson It may be the mark of the cynic to know “the price of everything and the value of nothing” but the concept of price is fairly hard baked into the structure of today’s world. Take the struggle with Covid, for example. Time… Continue reading Issue 290: 2021 07 29: The Price of Immunity
Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Are we there yet?
29 July 2021 Lies, Damned Lies and Coronavirus Are we there yet? by David Chilvers Summer holidays seem to be back in full swing, even if more are staycations than running the gamut of the Governments green/amber/red system for returning from overseas. Those with children will be familiar with the question “are we there yet”… Continue reading Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Are we there yet?
Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Iraq
29 July 2021 Iraq A plague on both your houses. By Neil Tidmarsh First Afghanistan, and now Iraq. This week, President Biden declared an end to US combat operations in Iraq and announced the imminent withdrawal of US troops from the country. US forces have been present in Iraq since the invasion of 2003. They… Continue reading Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Iraq
Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Diary of a Corbynista
29 July 2021 Diary of a Corbynista Chain Gangs on the Sunlit Uplands by Don Urquhart 22 July Message Board responses to Corbynista in Shaw Sheet 287: Walsall: Don’t wish to be contentious, but the reason for the diminished finances of the Labour Party may be as a result of the perceived anti-Semitism causing people… Continue reading Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Death Positive
29 July 2021 ‘Death Positive’ A state of mind. By Lynda Goetz I had not come across the expression until a few days ago when I read an article in The Guardian. There is, it seems, a movement in the UK for ‘death-positive’ libraries. Whilst this may at first hearing sound a little bizarre, it… Continue reading Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Death Positive
Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Summer Holidays
29 July 2021 Summer Holidays Your contribution. By the Editors This will be the last edition of the Shaw Sheet until 2 September when, deo volente, the team will be back, refreshed from their summer break. By then things will hopefully have moved on, allowing commentary to focus more heavily on some of the issues… Continue reading Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Summer Holidays
Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Crossword
29 July 2021 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 290 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. 289 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 290: 2021 07 29: Cartoons
29 July 2021 Cartoons By AGGro Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
