28 July 2016 Betty Botter’s Example A treatise on nutrition. By Chin Chin As readers of the 1899 Jingle Book will tell you, Carolyn Wells wrote: ‘Betty Botter bought a bit of butter; “But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter! If I put it in my batter It will make my batter bitter But a bit… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Betty Botter’s Example (Chin Chin)
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Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Sparkling Epithets (Chin Chin)
21 July 2016 Sparkling Epithets Boris will have to do better. by Chin Chin I just don’t understand it. There is George W Bush, one of America’s less convincing presidents, described by Boris as “a cross-eyed Texan warmonger”. There is Hillary Clinton, a woman who cannot even control her email account, awarded “blonde hair and… Continue reading Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Sparkling Epithets (Chin Chin)
Issue 62:2016 07 14: A Rose By Any Other Name (Chin Chin)
14 July 2016 A Rose By Any Other Name Finding a doppleganger amongst the Plantagenets. by Chin Chin “ Edward”. The cry rang out and I saw a man bounding towards me with hand outstreched, a smile of greeting on his face. I rose to welcome him. This was somebody who I knew quite well,… Continue reading Issue 62:2016 07 14: A Rose By Any Other Name (Chin Chin)
Issue 60: 2016 06 30: DNA Or The Rabbit Skin Coat Test? (Chin Chin)
30 June 2016 DNA or The Rabbit Skin Coat Test? Harsh truths for the nobility. By Chin Chin Damn and blast it all. I was born just a little too early. A few years later and I’m sure it would have been a coronet; not a princely one, of course, but one of the rather… Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30: DNA Or The Rabbit Skin Coat Test? (Chin Chin)
Issue 59: 2016 06 23: Following The Map (Chin Chin)
23 June 2016 Following The Map Satnav would not have taken us to Naseby. By Chin Chin Harbingers of doom come in a number of forms and, generally speaking, depend on which god you happen to have offended. Upset the gods of ancient Rome and you can expect elderly soothsayers at every turn, droning on… Continue reading Issue 59: 2016 06 23: Following The Map (Chin Chin)
Issue 58: 2016 06 16: Robots As Friends (Chin Chin)
16 June 2016 Robots As Friends Does my robot love me? By Chin Chin Professor Noel Sharkey of Sheffield University is, you will be sorry to hear, worried. No, it isn’t the refugee crisis or even whether to vote Leave or Remain which concerns him, though for all I know the professor is worried about… Continue reading Issue 58: 2016 06 16: Robots As Friends (Chin Chin)
Issue 57: 2016 06 09: The Gift of Tongues (Chin Chin)
09 June 2016 The Gift of Tongues Foreign travel for the English. By Chin Chin The polls may be inconclusive, but there is one certainty. Once the referendum is over, we will all need a holiday; and this year, of all years, it should be a holiday abroad. Either Remain will have won, in which… Continue reading Issue 57: 2016 06 09: The Gift of Tongues (Chin Chin)
Issue 56: 2016 06 02: The Play’s The Thing (Chin Chin)
02 June 2016 The Play’s The Thing – But What Is It? Will simplification of Shakespeare work at The Globe? By Chin Chin Splutterings across luvviedom have greeted the appointment of Emma Rice as the new artistic director of the Globe Theatre. That isn’t because of her plan to swap the genders of Shakespeare’s characters. … Continue reading Issue 56: 2016 06 02: The Play’s The Thing (Chin Chin)
Issue 54: 2016 05 19: Pub Cricket (Chin Chin)
19 May 2016 Pub Cricket Peace on the road By Chin Chin A game of pub cricket, yes, that used to be the key to keeping the family happy when setting out by car on a long drive to Wales or Scotland. It was a good game because there was no element of skill in… Continue reading Issue 54: 2016 05 19: Pub Cricket (Chin Chin)
Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Facebook Friends (Chin Chin)
12 May 2016 Facebook Friends Their vanity exposed. By Chin Chin Well I’m certainly not going to Leeds. Nor indeed to Manchester where the great Yorkshire chef Michael O’Hare is opening his second restaurant, come to that. Yes, I know he has a Michelin star and that his recipe for barbequed prawn brains puts him… Continue reading Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Facebook Friends (Chin Chin)
Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Crisis at the Ministry of Misery and Discord (Chin Chin)
05 May 2016 Crisis at the Ministry of Misery and Discord by Chin Chin MINUTES (as smuggled out by an undercover reporter from the Shaw Sheet) Present: The Minster, The Permanent Secretary, The Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Undersecretary. MINISTER: Well, you have made a mess of it. Honestly, you lot couldn’t arrange discord at… Continue reading Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Crisis at the Ministry of Misery and Discord (Chin Chin)
Issue 51: Freedom of Speech (Lynda Goetz)
28 April 2016 Freedom of Speech Have we lost the understanding of what this means? by Lynda Goetz Free speech is generally understood to be fundamental in a democracy. It has been enshrined in international and regional human rights law, although it has a long history which predates such legislation. Most would probably consider ancient… Continue reading Issue 51: Freedom of Speech (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Ban Me, You Bastards (Chin Chin)
21 April 2016 Ban Me, You Bastards! Must I be the only one without a ban? By Chin Chin My goodness it makes me angry. Manchester University students debate banning Cameron from speaking even before he has indicated any wish to go there. Tiger Tatchell, too dangerous to be allowed out into the safe spaces… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Ban Me, You Bastards (Chin Chin)
