14 September 2017 Raccoons Shock immigration news. By Chin Chin It is always a shock returning to England. After days of making difficult decisions over which wine to drink with lunch, you find that you have got completely out of touch with current affairs. Perhaps it is best, then, to glance at the news a… Continue reading Issue 120: 2017 09 14: Raccoons (Chin Chin)
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Issue 119: 2017 09 07: Turning Left (Chin Chin)
07 September 2017 Turning Left Choosing the way forward. By Chin Chin Just as an army consists mainly of infantry, so most of the people you meet in life are slightly pedestrian. That isn’t to say that they don’t have their uses. Hewers of wood and drawers of water are as essential to the 21st… Continue reading Issue 119: 2017 09 07: Turning Left (Chin Chin)
Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Lazy Bastards (Chin Chin)
17 August 2017 Lazy Bastards A working man’s revenge. By Chin Chin Bastards, Corbynist-Tory-fascist-Marxist-racist-foreign bastards, have you heard what they’ve done? Who? Well, them of course. Those ghastly subhuman pieces of animal excrement who call themselves the editors of the Shaw Sheet. Haven’t you seen the announcement? There it is on page 1 – a… Continue reading Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Lazy Bastards (Chin Chin)
Issue 117: 2017 08 10: The Holiday Competition (Chin Chin)
10 August 2017 The Holiday Competition A change in conversation. By Chin Chin An English summer sees many changes. The trees which budded in April begin to lose their spring blossom and come into glorious leaf in the course of June. Meanwhile, down on the chalk streams, the trout, gorged on the plentiful insect life… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: The Holiday Competition (Chin Chin)
Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Nunc Est Bibendum (Chin Chin)
03 August 2017 Nunc Est Bibendum But try to time it right. By Chin Chin Sometimes new research touches the very fundamentals of our lives and the conclusion reached by the University of Exeter, that we remember more if we have a drink or two after the event, is certainly in that category. Take buying… Continue reading Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Nunc Est Bibendum (Chin Chin)
Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Made In France? (Chin Chin)
27 July 2017 Made in France? The Cornish flood By Chin Chin What caused it then? Rain poured down on the streets of Coverack in Cornwall on a scale not seen since Noah. Was this a direct punishment by the Almighty? Were there, among the rubble swept into the sea, the remnants of altars to… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Made In France? (Chin Chin)
Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Sew So (Chin Chin)
20 July 2017 Sew So Competing with the little old ladies. By Chin Chin My father’s generation were more Gothic than mine and I remember him telling me that, when he was very young, he was told by an aunt that if he did not behave: “I will cut off your head and sew a… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Sew So (Chin Chin)
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Elvis Is Dead (Chin Chin)
06 July 2017 Elvis Is Dead And a victory for Thames Rowing Club. By Chin Chin There is no question but that things are serious. Until recently one could rely on the regularity of British life. Labour governments, Conservative governments, coalitions, etc; they all came and went, changing things a bit on the surface of… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Elvis Is Dead (Chin Chin)
Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Gastro Physics (Chin Chin)
29 June 2017 Gastro Physics Matching food with ideas. By Chin Chin Until very recently I had not heard of gastric physics, the new science whose high priest is Charles Spence of Oxford University. As I haven’t read his book yet, it would be a little unfair to review it, so I will just share… Continue reading Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Gastro Physics (Chin Chin)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Old Goats (Chin Chin)
22 June 2017 Old Goats What are they doing in parliament? by Chin Chin It is the goat I felt sorry for. Okay, the Queen’s Speech had to be changed a bit to accommodate the election result but what about the goat whose skin was used for the original version? The tradition has long been… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Old Goats (Chin Chin)
Issue 109: 2017 06 15: Metaphorically Speaking (Chin Chin)
15 June 2017 Metaphorically Speaking An experiment in Sichuan. By Chin Chin Everyone has a preference as to manner of speech. American Indians don’t like white men who speak with forked tongues. Edward II was only eligible to be Prince of Wales because as a baby he spoke no English. Now though, we have something… Continue reading Issue 109: 2017 06 15: Metaphorically Speaking (Chin Chin)
Issue 108: 2017 06 08: Of The Yard? (Chin Chin)
08 June 2017 Of The Yard? A career in detection beckons. By Chin Chin Thank goodness. Even in this season of electoral flimflam, someone occasionally has a good idea. Not one of the political parties; of course not. In this case it is the police who propose to recruit new detectives direct rather than forcing… Continue reading Issue 108: 2017 06 08: Of The Yard? (Chin Chin)
Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Ripples on the surface of the pond (Chin Chin)
01 June 2017 Ripples On The Surface Of The Pond Reading your own death notice. By Chin Chin It is usual to say nice things about people once they are dead but this week’s reminiscences about Sir Roger Moore who played both The Saint and James Bond make it clear that he was quite an… Continue reading Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Ripples on the surface of the pond (Chin Chin)
