18 January 2018 Lens on the Week UK STAR PERFORMER: Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry refers to Trump as an “asteroid of awfulness”. Kim Jung-un refers to him as a mentally deranged dotard. Sometimes it is difficult to remember who is allied with who. Let’s hope that the American’s don’t forget, as paying for our… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Lens on the week
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Issue 137: 2018 01 18:Cover page
Cover Page, 18th January 2018, Issue 137 The Article competition is still open. Team up with a friend of a different political persuasion and define a New Politics, make the world a better place, and win a £ Prize. See the Article Cross Party Thinking for the full details. Click for a full size view of… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18:Cover page
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Reshuffling The Cards
18 January 2018 Reshuffling The Cards. A glance at the tea leaves. By John Watson I forget which commentator said that the public would not be impressed. Johnson is still in place. Fox is still in place. Davis is still in place. Hunt is still in place. Apart from some movement at education and work… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Reshuffling The Cards
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Diplomatic Gifts
18 January 2018 Diplomatic Gifts And cultural exports. By Neil Tidmarsh Diplomatic gifts and cultural exports have been much in the news recently. Anglo-French entente is about to be strengthened by the loan of the Bayeux tapestry; Middle Eastern tensions were underlined this week by the banning of a Hollywood movie; and apparently World Peace… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Diplomatic Gifts
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: What You Wish For
18 January 2018 Be careful what you wish for Strong economies may mean poor markets. by Frank O’Nomics If you are an advocate of the economics of Goldilocks (not too hot, not too cold) or Dr. Pangloss (“all’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds”) you have good cause to hope that… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: What You Wish For
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Diary of a Corbynista
18 January 2018 Diary of a Corbynista Fun with Trump, Carillion and the NHS by Don Urquhart 11 January Chris Hopson, of NHS Providers, said hospitals were now unsafe and over-crowded and the government should rethink its policies. At PMQ’s yesterday the Prime Minister reported that Britain’s Health Service had been rated the world’s best of… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Truffling Thoughts
18 January 2018 Truffling Thoughts Foreigners in France. By Richard Pooley One of the advantages I have as a Brit living in the Lot Department of south-west France is that I am taller than most of the locals. At any crowded event – a Saturday market in the summer, an agricultural show, or, as last… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Truffling Thoughts
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Life Is Not A Film
18 January 2018 Life is Not a Film Based on true events by J.R. Thomas You are at the movies. All is well with the world. Cinema has become a joyful experience; technology has enhanced film going to an unimaginable level. The deluxe super-seats are better than the home armchair; the wine is potable; the… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Life Is Not A Film
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: The Blues?
18 January 2018 The Blues? The greys, more likely. By Lynda Goetz. According to the Huffpost blog by Debra Devi, the origin of the term ‘the blues’ may have to do with a 17thC English expression referring to the ‘intense visual hallucinations that can accompany severe alcohol withdrawal’. Interestingly, however, now that we can to… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: The Blues?
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: The Law Of Green Biros
18 January 2018 The Law Of Green Biros And its victory over mathematics. By Chin Chin I have always had the greatest respect for laws. The common law of England, for example; the second law of thermodynamics, for another; gun law as enforced by Wyatt Earp; Dennis Law who played for Manchester United; and lots… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: The Law Of Green Biros
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Different Party
18 January 2018 Different Party, a play by Wakenshaw and Duncan The Soho Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating: **** Different Party is about as anarchic and surreal as comic mime can get, stretching riffs on visual puns as far as they can go. That office life is mundane is not to be doubted,… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Different Party
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Modigliani
18 January 2018 Modigliani Tate Modern Reviewed by William Morton A great exhibition of the work of an artist whose individual style is instantly recognisable. Amedeo Modigliani was born in 1884 in Livorno, Italy into a Sephardic Jewish family. Although initially rich, they later faced financial problems. Amedeo himself suffered from tuberculosis when young. He… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Modigliani
Issue 137: 2018 01 18: East
18 January 2018 East, a play by Steven Berkoff The King’s Head Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating: ***** Written in 1975, you could be forgiven for thinking that Steven Berkoff’s East, a portrayal of life in the East End of London, would be something of a period piece, but you could not be… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: East
