17 November 2016 Nigel Farage Fascist, racist, self-publicist or voice of the people? by Lynda Goetz In an interview with Henry Mance, political correspondent of the FT, back in April, in the different world we inhabited before Brexit, Nigel Farage, leader of the populist party UKIP, apart from being true to form in consuming vast… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Nigel Farage (Lynda Goetz)
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Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Christmas Preparations (Lynda Goetz)
17 November 2016 Christmas Preparations What should I be doing now? by Lynda Goetz For all those of you who, like me, swear every year that they will be more organised next year (and of course fail each time), here is a list of what you should be focusing on in the next couple of… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Christmas Preparations (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Madagascar Today (Lynda Goetz)
10 November 2016 Madagascar Today (Part 2) A fascinating and tragic country. by Lynda Goetz “Madagascar has become the world’s poorest country,” asserted the guide with whom I stood watching the out-of-control fire approach closer and closer to our very basic lodge on the edge of the Ankarana Special Reserve. “It shouldn’t be, because it… Continue reading Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Madagascar Today (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 78: 2016 11 03: Madagascar Today (Lynda Goetz)
03 November 2016 Madagascar Today A fascinating and tragic country. by Lynda Goetz A visit to Madagascar is a fascinating, amazing and at the same time a slightly depressing experience. If you mention ‘Madagascar’ to most English-speakers they will probably have one of two images spring to mind; either the Dreamworks cartoon film of the… Continue reading Issue 78: 2016 11 03: Madagascar Today (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 74: 2010 10 06: Authors As Public Property (Lynda Goetz)
06 October 2016 Authors as Public Property What do they owe their readers? by Lynda Goetz I had been intending this week to write about Rose Tremain’s appearance at the Wimbledon Bookfest; but although my admiration for Ms Tremain’s work remains unbounded and the opportunity to listen to some insightful and interesting comments on how… Continue reading Issue 74: 2010 10 06: Authors As Public Property (Lynda Goetz)
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 72: 2016 09 22: Recipe For A Book Club (Lynda Goetz)
22 September 2016 Recipe For A Book Club Meeting author Deborah Lawrenson. by Lynda Goetz The book club I set up some 16 years ago is not exactly the most serious you could encounter. Over the years it has evolved from a group of 10 (too many, really) with some carelessly thrown-together ‘nibbles’ and a… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Recipe For A Book Club (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 70: 2016 09 08: Domestic Abuse (Lynda Goetz)
08 September 2016 Domestic Abuse It’s all about control. by Lynda Goetz Apparently, one in eleven adults in the UK listens to The Archers. The weekly audience is some five million. The fascination with the storyline about Rob and Helen Titchener, which has been going on for nearly three years, has become national news in… Continue reading Issue 70: 2016 09 08: Domestic Abuse (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Burkini Ban (Lynda Goetz)
01 September 2016 Burkini Ban Intolerance or safeguard? by Lynda Goetz When I first heard about the burkini ban a few weeks ago, my reaction was mixed. My first thought (like that of so many others, I am sure) was that it sounded like an unacceptable intolerance on the part of a right-wing French mayor… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Burkini Ban (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Avoidable Accidents (Lynda Goetz)
25 August 2016 Avoidable Accidents Are we losing our sense of personal responsibility? by Lynda Goetz I thought long and hard before putting pen to paper (so to speak) on this subject. The tragic accidents around the coast over the weekend have left several families bereaved and children in hospital and, without knowing the particular… Continue reading Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Avoidable Accidents (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 67: 2016 08 18: New Labels For Old (Lynda Goetz)
18 August 2016 New Labels For Old Some indispensable advice. by Lynda Goetz This being the ‘silly season’, The Daily Telegraph letters’ pages have, for a number of days and following a request for advice from a reader, been full of words of wisdom about removing old labels from jam jars – prior to filling them with… Continue reading Issue 67: 2016 08 18: New Labels For Old (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Shorter Concerts? (Lynda Goetz)
18 August 2016 Shorter Concerts? No intervals, or just better loos? by Lynda Goetz Two rather insignificant pieces of news this week provided some food for thought. The first was an article by the classical pianist Stephen Hough in the Radio Times in which he suggested that the format for classical concerts should perhaps be… Continue reading Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Shorter Concerts? (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Tandem Sky Dive (Lynda Goetz)
11 August 2016 Tandem Sky-Dive Literally breath-taking! by Lynda Goetz My plans for last Friday did not include a tandem sky-dive. They did include a visit to the beautician’s with my daughter in the afternoon for a leg-wax and a few hours in the morning to accompany her to the airfield at Dunkeswell, where she… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Tandem Sky Dive (Lynda Goetz)
