07 April 2016 Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics The new research on Lawrence disturbs our certainties by Chin Chin It quite ruined my breakfast. There I was, reading the newspaper, wrapped in that happy shroud of sneering cynicism which distinguishes the North Londoner, when my eye fell on an article about research done by the University… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics (Chin Chin)
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Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Silent Virtue (Chin Chin)
31 March 2016 Silent Virtue It is not the doing but the not telling that is the true virtue. by Chin Chin From time to time I try to do Lorentz transformations in the bath. No, that isn’t some exciting new deviant procedure involving a bar of soap and a plastic duck; it isn’t even… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Silent Virtue (Chin Chin)
Issue 46: 2016 03 23: To be or not to be – who, exactly? (Chin Chin)
24 March 2016 To Be Or Not To Be – Who, Exactly? Finding a Shakespearean alter ego. By Chin Chin It is always said that psychometric tests are hard to manipulate and I suppose that must be the case otherwise they would be completely useless. After all, most employers want exactly the same things: intelligence,… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 23: To be or not to be – who, exactly? (Chin Chin)
Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Forever Young(Chin Chin)
17 March 2016 Forever young Should songwriters respect old age? by Chin Chin Not me, of course. My hair is absolutely splendid, Boris-like, indeed. Still, it seems that there are those who find the lyrics of the Beatles song “When I am sixty-four” with its reference to hair loss, a tad less amusing as they… Continue reading Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Forever Young(Chin Chin)
Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Did Caesar Play the Bagpipes? (Chin Chin)
03 March 2016 Did Caesar Play The Bagpipes? The background to the Ides of March By Chin Chin “O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee!” The words of MacDuff echo across the hills and vales of Scotland. Never a laird’s hall, never a shepherd’s croft but the dismal news strikes… Continue reading Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Did Caesar Play the Bagpipes? (Chin Chin)
Issue 42: 2016 02 25: Bugs (Chin Chin)
25 February 2016 Bugs Their role in character assessment. By Chin Chin “Still through the cloven skies they come With peaceful wings unfurled” The poet’s vision of arriving angels has inspired many a singer. It is a very different story however when the arrivals are not angels at all but mosquitoes, moths and other assorted… Continue reading Issue 42: 2016 02 25: Bugs (Chin Chin)
Issue 41: 2016 02 18: The Curse of the Pharaohs (Chin Chin)
18 February 2016 The Curse of the Pharaohs How many will die this time? By Chin Chin Curses come in different shapes and sizes. At the top end of the scale there is the “full pharaonic,” visited on Lord Carnarvon and others shortly after the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. A quality… Continue reading Issue 41: 2016 02 18: The Curse of the Pharaohs (Chin Chin)
Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Drums (Chin Chin)
11 February 2016 Drums Keep on a roll! By Chin Chin “Boom, Boom, Boom-de-boom, Rat-a-tat-tat, Boom”. The sound is all too familiar to any parent of a teenage boy. Why is it that they all want drum kits and not flutes or violins? Because the drums are a sight easier to play, that is why;… Continue reading Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Drums (Chin Chin)
Issue 38: 2016 01 28: Geneva (Chin Chin)
28 January 2016 Geneva A seating plan for peace. By Chin Chin If there is one thing which permeates the Christmas holiday it is seating plans. It may be a season for goodwill but if you put Great Aunt Margaret next to her sister-in-law at lunch you will discover that the only references to charity… Continue reading Issue 38: 2016 01 28: Geneva (Chin Chin)
Issue 36: 2016 01 14: Shades of Black and White (Chin Chin)
14 January 2016 Shades of Back and White By Chin Chin God introduces light in verse 3 of the first chapter of the book of Genesis and, after that, he separates it from darkness, thus splitting night from day. In our bathroom we make the division in a different way because there is a light… Continue reading Issue 36: 2016 01 14: Shades of Black and White (Chin Chin)
Issue 31: 2015 12 03: Cultural Larceny
03 December 2015 Cultural Larceny By Chin Chin I have a horrible, horrible suspicion that I have indulged in colonial racism. No, not “cultural appropriation”, nothing as bad as that, thank God, but the slightly more venal sin of under-appreciating the Canadians. You see, apart from knowing that there is tundra there, and forest and… Continue reading Issue 31: 2015 12 03: Cultural Larceny
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Neat and Nimble
12 November 2015 Neat and Nimble By Chin Chin When Flanders and Swan wrote their famous song about the gasman, they based the lyrics on those of a Victorian ditty in which the singer falls in love with a young woman who, while “dashing away with the smoothing iron,” steals his heart away. In fact… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Neat and Nimble
Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A real “who’s your father?”
22 October 2015 A Real “Who’s Your Father?” Genetic testing brings unwelcome surprises by Chin Chin We all enjoy the drama of the law courts – the Somerset case which was regarded as abolishing slavery in the UK, the Bloody Assizes of Judge Jeffreys, the Lady Chatterley trial, the Oscar Wilde libel case. We like… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 A real “who’s your father?”
