01 June 2017 Policies On Terrorism A still, small voice of calm. By John Watson Election campaigns are dramatic events. The accusations, self-justification and traducing of the other candidates are the political equivalent of the earthquake, wind and fire which surrounded Elijah on Mount Horeb in chapter 19 of the first book of Kings. But… Continue reading Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Policies on terrorism (John Watson)
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Issue 105: 2017 05 18: The Templars and the Internet (John Watson)
18 May 2107 The Templars and the internet The ghost of Jacques de Molay By John Watson The ghost of a dead man haunts the internet. Whose can it be? Some unfortunate innocent, wrongly traduced online and driven in his despair to an early grave? No, of course there are such ghosts but this is… Continue reading Issue 105: 2017 05 18: The Templars and the Internet (John Watson)
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Why 2016? (John Watson)
17 November 2016 Why 2016? What has triggered the “interesting times”? By John Watson Some children want to become engine drivers. Others want to become political pollsters. But those inclining to the latter career have traditionally been put off it by their parents. You need to be good at maths, for one thing. You need… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Why 2016? (John Watson)
Issue 41: 2016 02 18: Bye Bye Indie (John Watson)
18 February 2016 Bye Bye Indie The ringing of the bells of change. By John Watson The numbers are striking enough. Circulation down from 428,000 at its peak to a current 28,000. No wonder that the broadsheet version of the Independent is being withdrawn. Figures at other newspapers tell much the same story. In 2000… Continue reading Issue 41: 2016 02 18: Bye Bye Indie (John Watson)
Issue 18: 2015 09 03: On and Off
3 September 2015 On and Off by Chin Chin The verb “to intermit” isn’t used much anymore but years ago it had an honoured place in the English language. Meaning to suspend action for a time, it can be found in literature as diverse as Milton’s Paradise Lost: “Casual discourse…which intermits Our dayeswork” (sic) and… Continue reading Issue 18: 2015 09 03: On and Off
Issue 9: 2015 07 02: Send and Unsend
02 July 2015 Send and Unsend By Chin Chin It was all very well for Edith Piaf to sing “Je ne regrette rien” but for most of us reality is rather different. The thoughtless word that gives too much away, the bon mot that turns out not to be so bon after all, that order… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: Send and Unsend
