27 July 2017 Wanderlust Just how sustaining is travel? by Amelia Power Young people today are infected with the travel bug. Itchy feet, wanderlust, whatever you want to call it, it’s a phenomenon rife in society. It seems as if no one can sit still for more than a few months at a time, myself… Continue reading Issue 115:2017 07 27:Wanderlust(Amelia Power)
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Issue 107:2017 06 01: Cartoons (AGGro)
01 June 2017 Cartoons by AGGro If you enjoyed these cartoons please share them using the buttons above. Please click here if you would like a weekly email on publication of the ShawSheet Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 101: 2017 04 20: Week in Brief: UK
20 April 2017 Week in Brief: UK Government GENERAL ELECTION: The government has called a general election on 8 June. Under the Fixed Term Parliament Act that had to be endorsed by a two thirds majority of the House of Commons but, since Mr Corbyn has already said that he would back an early election,… Continue reading Issue 101: 2017 04 20: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 95: 2017 03 09: Delivering the truth (John Watson)
09 March 2017 Delivering The Truth A focus on the arteries. By John Watson Politics by its very nature spawns slogans and also those descriptive expressions which bob along in their wake. We all remember the “wets” of the Thatcherite era, and the “big tent” of Tony Blair; time was when you could not go… Continue reading Issue 95: 2017 03 09: Delivering the truth (John Watson)
Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Social Media Marketing (Lynda Goetz)
29 September 2016 Social Media Marketing The importance of exposure. by Lynda Goetz Gemma Arterton, the English actress who has gained Hollywood status (although apparently only B- by her own admission) declared in an interview with The Guardian’s Eva Wiseman that she was not interested in pandering to ‘the money people’, who are apparently increasingly… Continue reading Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Social Media Marketing (Lynda Goetz)
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 49: 2016 04 14: Panorama – The Cameron Coverage (John Watson)
14 April 2016 Panorama – The Cameron Coverage The BBC has a duty to put things fairly. by John Watson Those who read my piece Tax Havens and Panorama in Shaw Sheet last week may remember that it ended with three questions about Panorama’s coverage of Ian Cameron’s offshore funds. They were: did they now realise… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Panorama – The Cameron Coverage (John Watson)
Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Mother’s Day or Mothering Sunday (Lynda Goetz)
10 March 2016 Mother’s Day or Mothering Sunday, “Bah Humbug!” Why the modern celebration is a fabrication and a guilt trip. by Lynda Goetz “Mother’s Day is really just a test of your other half’s gift-giving skills,” pronounced Bryony Gordon in The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella Magazine. What?! (I think I might just be allowed to… Continue reading Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Mother’s Day or Mothering Sunday (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 19:2015 09 10:How to be a Tedious Teenager
10 September 2015 How to be a Tedious Teenager by Lynda Goetz The Guide Parents, as we all know, can be terminally tedious and irritating. Teenagers have far more understanding of how the modern world really works and should, of course, be left to get on with their lives without interference from boring adults. Here… Continue reading Issue 19:2015 09 10:How to be a Tedious Teenager
Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Communication the modern way
30 July 2015 Communication the modern way; how to really get in touch. by Lynda Goetz When I went out the other day, carrying my mobile (as usual), it sprang into life (as usual) as I left the village. It seemed that a number of people had been trying to get in touch. Where I… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Communication the modern way
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: Anniversaries as Dates
25 June 2015 Anniversaries as Dates by Chin Chin As anniversary years go, 2015 is something of a vintage. We have just had Magna Carta and Waterloo, both duly celebrated by solemn ceremonies and supplements in the press. In September there is the 700th anniversary of Agincourt. No doubt that will be celebrated too –… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: Anniversaries as Dates
