06 April 2017 Lack of Energy Enough to be getting on with. by J.R.Thomas If there is a staple subject for the Business Pages of the Shaw Sheet, it is energy. That fabled visitor from another planet might well conclude that the earth is about to run out of power, so much concern is endlessly… Continue reading Issue 99:2017 03 06:Lack of energy
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Issue98:2017 03 30:Family Matters (J.R.Thomas)
30 March 2017 Family Matters An old fashioned virtue by J.R.Thomas There is an expression popular in the media, the “Westminster bubble”. It is one those pithy phrases that seems to summon something up, even though nobody ever seems quite sure what it is. Whatever it means, the effect of living in that Westminster bubble… Continue reading Issue98:2017 03 30:Family Matters (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 96:2017 03 16: Vote early (J.R.Thomas)
16 March 2017 Vote Early Elections in the City by J.R.Thomas Next Thursday sees an exciting voting opportunity, one of those times when a whole assembly is up for election at the same time, and thus, in these exciting and rumbustious times, there is the possibility of a major upset. One hundred and twenty five… Continue reading Issue 96:2017 03 16: Vote early (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 96:2017 03 16:Flowering nicely (J.R.Thomas)
16 March 2017 Flowering Nicely The National Gardens Scheme. By J.R.Thomas As regular readers may have worked out, this column has a soft spot for gardens; especially for the sort that flourishes so well on these shores. From now on until late autumn your correspondent will be seizing every opportunity to escape to rural England… Continue reading Issue 96:2017 03 16:Flowering nicely (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 95: 2017 03 09:The Good Don (J.R.Thomas)
09 March 2017 The Good Don The real President Trump? by J.R.Thomas Now you see him, now you don’t. Will the real Donald Trump please stand up? Certainly he stood up in Congress last week and shocked all who saw him there, and the millions watching on TV. He was reasonable, calm, witty, even self… Continue reading Issue 95: 2017 03 09:The Good Don (J.R.Thomas)
Issue94:2017 03 02: All aboard (J.R.Thomas)
02 March 2017 All Aboard Trains carry a punch by J.R.Thomas This is indeed the age of the train. Britain has finally committed (the House of Commons approved it last week) to building High Speed Two, or HS2 as we shall doubtless come to know it; in fact we will probably come to know it… Continue reading Issue94:2017 03 02: All aboard (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 94: 2017 03 02: Old Iron and Pots (J.R.Thomas)
02 March 2017 Old Iron and Pots Analysis of the by-election results by J.R.Thomas Copeland – not your typical Labour seat Mr Trump is going to have to wait this week. We would not normally wish to delay the President but a minor matter has intruded, so we will save up the latest review of… Continue reading Issue 94: 2017 03 02: Old Iron and Pots (J.R.Thomas)
Issue93:2017 02 23:Dangerous Leanings (J.R.Thomas)
23 February 2017 Dangerous Leanings 38 Degrees and Trump: too similar for comfort? by J.R.Thomas Avalanches are best avoided, as anyone who has witnessed one, or worse still been caught in one, will aver. They are suffocating, all powerful, and destroy almost everything in their path. Not, you might think, a great idea, to name… Continue reading Issue93:2017 02 23:Dangerous Leanings (J.R.Thomas)
Issue93:2017 02 23:catch me if you can (J.R.Thomas)
23 February 2017 Catch Me If You Can So where are all the fish? by J.R.Thomas Dr Johnson did not think much of fishermen. “A fishing rod,” he said, “is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.” There are many fishermen who would agree with him, but they… Continue reading Issue93:2017 02 23:catch me if you can (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 92:2017 02 16:Legally Binding (J.R.Thomas)
16 February 2017 Legally Binding Mr Trump and the Law by J.R.Thomas Mr Trump is a man accustomed to employing the services of lawyers. Few businesspersons working in the world of real estate get far before they need to recruit the services of mi’ learned friends, and the Donald must be finding this to be… Continue reading Issue 92:2017 02 16:Legally Binding (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 92:2017 02 16:Dropping the pilot(J.R.Thomas)
16 February 2017 Dropping the pilot Farewell to Richard Chartres by J.R.Thomas Matters are dealt with differently in the spiritual world. Differently from in the worlds of politics and business, certainly. Can you imagine a situation where Mr Obama, having reached the end of his term of office, and not being allowed under the… Continue reading Issue 92:2017 02 16:Dropping the pilot(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 91: 2017 02 09: Everything must go (J.R.Thomas)
09 February 2017 Everything Must Go What should we keep? by J.R.Thomas Our film review this week (see “Lion”) deals with the problems of the poor, so let’s have some counterbalance by looking at the problems of the rich. One particular problem, that is. That no matter how much money you may have, you just… Continue reading Issue 91: 2017 02 09: Everything must go (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 91: 2102 02 09: Lion (J.R.Thomas)
09 February 2017 “LION” a film by Garth Davies reviewed by J.R.Thomas Fashions in film come and go, but it must be approaching the time for a current one to pass – films with opening credits reading: “Based on a true story”; can we (please) soon hope for the rather more comforting (for novelists, anyway):… Continue reading Issue 91: 2102 02 09: Lion (J.R.Thomas)
