25 May 2017 My Nobel Prize Thank goodness for the ban on cultural appropriation. By Chin Chin I spent Saturday afternoon dusting; not the whole of my house, you will understand, but a patch on the mantelpiece in the front room where the medal for the Nobel prize is going to go. Just how big… Continue reading Issue 106: 2017 05 25: My Nobel Prize (Chin Chin)
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Issue 105: 2017 05 18: FlowLight (Chin Chin)
18 May 2017 FlowLight Clever, but will it work? By Chin Chin From time to time science produces something which is really useful. The flushing water closet, for one thing: the self-sticking postage stamp for another. Both ideas moved civilisation forward without any apparent downside. Now at last, we may have another: step up, Dr… Continue reading Issue 105: 2017 05 18: FlowLight (Chin Chin)
Issue 104: 2017 05 11: D***, and B*** (Chin Chin)
11 May 2017 D***, and B**** Swearing as an aid to performance. By Chin Chin Those who believe that peaks and troughs should generally cancel out will be relieved that there is a useful contribution from academia in this week’s press. Following Oxford’s half-witted comment that diverting the eyes is a form of racism and… Continue reading Issue 104: 2017 05 11: D***, and B*** (Chin Chin)
Issue 103: 2017 05 04: Death in Oxford (Chin Chin)
04 May 2017 Death In Oxford A question of aggression. By Chin Chin It was high noon as the man from the University strode in through the swinging door of Jake’s bar. Jake stood there, his left-hand loose by his side as, with his right, he slipped off the safety catch of the shot gun… Continue reading Issue 103: 2017 05 04: Death in Oxford (Chin Chin)
Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Earth Nearly Flattened (Chin Chin)
27 April 2017 Earth Nearly Flattened Military response needed. By Chin Chin So they have had another go. Just over a week ago, Asteroid 2014 JO25, over a kilometre across and travelling at 75,000 mph, missed the Earth by just over 1,000,000 miles, a near miss for a projectile of that size. This lump of… Continue reading Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Earth Nearly Flattened (Chin Chin)
Issue 101: 2017 04 20: Images from the past (Chin Chin)
20 April 2017 Images From The Past And feet. By Chin Chin Some take photographs of architectural monuments. Some prefer to focus more on human interest with shots of their friends and families. Some use Photoshop to produce modernistic images. I take photographs of feet. No, no, that isn’t what I mean. Those of you… Continue reading Issue 101: 2017 04 20: Images from the past (Chin Chin)
Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Bustgate (Chin Chin)
06 April 2017 Bustgate Such things as dreams are made of. By Chin Chin Cristiano Ronaldo clearly has very good manners. He has declared himself honoured by the new bust of him at Madeira airport, even though it does not really look like him at all. Critics have suggested that there is more of a… Continue reading Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Bustgate (Chin Chin)
Issue 98: 2017 03 30: Going With The Flow (Chin Chin)
30 March 2017 Going With The Flow Dealing with rivers. By Chin Chin And about time too, if I may say so. At long last the principle that a river is a person is beginning to be officially recognised. The Whanganui River in New Zealand has been made a person by Act of Parliament so… Continue reading Issue 98: 2017 03 30: Going With The Flow (Chin Chin)
Issue 97: 2017 03 23: Poo Bags (Chin Chin)
23 March 2017 Poo Bags An image for the 21st century. By Chin Chin Oh, the beauty of an English woodland in spring. The trees are coming into bud and, in the deciduous forests, last year’s leaves and the icicles of winter have gone to make space for the new growth. Nothing is left from… Continue reading Issue 97: 2017 03 23: Poo Bags (Chin Chin)
Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Antipodean Flights (Chin Chin)
16 March 2017 Antipodean Flights Choosing your book. By Chin Chin Normally a visit to a bookshop is something to look forward to, the pleasant smell of bindings, a chat about the latest literary trend and then a couple of volumes to enjoy or give away. When could that be anything other than enjoyable? When… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Antipodean Flights (Chin Chin)
Issue 95: 2017 03 09: Oxford (Chin Chin)
09 March 2017 Oxford – An Education For The Feeble Minded? Safe spaces scores should sort the sheep from the goats. By Chin Chin We all like reading about witchcraft and that is one of the main reasons why, when I saw that Michael Gove’s article Silencing dissent will blight our universities in Friday’s The Times… Continue reading Issue 95: 2017 03 09: Oxford (Chin Chin)
Issue 94: 2017 03 02: En Primeur (Chin Chin)
02 March 2017 En Primeur Wines for the future? By Chin Chin If the state of London high streets is anything to go by, estate agency is a very overcrowded profession. What happens, then, when the profession reaches saturation point? When, whether due to declining markets or computerisation, there are just not enough jobs to… Continue reading Issue 94: 2017 03 02: En Primeur (Chin Chin)
Issue 93: 2017 02 23: Beards (Chin Chin)
23 February 2017 Beards Shaping the whiskers. By Chin Chin It is said that great sculptors will spend days looking at a piece of marble before they make the first cut. An inch to the right and Venus will be missing a nose. An inch to the left and the curve of her body will… Continue reading Issue 93: 2017 02 23: Beards (Chin Chin)
