09 June 2016 Paris in Springtime This isn’t the Paris I remember! by Lynda Goetz Grey, wet and cold. It wasn’t supposed to be like this! Not that it was a romantic weekend or anything, but a weekend in Paris at the beginning of June should, I felt, have been a little less dismal. Some… Continue reading Issue 57: 2016 06 09: Paris in Springtime (Lynda Goetz)
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Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Lynching Google (John Watson)
04 February 2016 Lynching Google Analysis of a tax witch-hunt. By John Watson What are the ingredients of a witch-hunt? No, put down that recipe book, I am not talking about a new form of gateaux but rather the sort of thing that went on in mediaeval England with ducking stools, ostracism, stocks, lynchings and… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Lynching Google (John Watson)
Issue 29: 2015 11 19: On Yer Bikes
19 November 2015 On Yer Bikes by J R Thomas The reign of King Boris is coming to a close; the age of the comedians may be over. For sixteen years London’s Mayors have been rebels, men outside the mainstream, cheeky chappies popular with the public, if less so with their party leaders. It looks… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19: On Yer Bikes
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Transports of Delight
08 October 2015 Transports of Delight by J R Thomas Given the influence it has on the daily lives of so many Londoners, it is surprisingly seldom that Transport for London (or TfL as it more coyly likes to be called) gets into the headlines. But it certainly did last week, over what it no… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Transports of Delight
Issue 7: 2015 06 18: Troubled Bridge Over Water
18 June 2015 Troubled Bridge Over Water by J R Thomas Ms Joanna Lumley is a National Icon. Beautiful, intelligent, a great wit, a fine actress, a harrier of governments over bad behaviours, hero first class of the Ghurkhas, a proper person, and, in short, a model to us all. But we live in an age… Continue reading Issue 7: 2015 06 18: Troubled Bridge Over Water
