08 June 2017 Week In Brief: UK Terrorism LONDON ATTACKS: On Saturday night three terrorists murdered seven people and injured another 48 in an attack on London Bridge and Borough Market. It began when they drove their white rental van into pedestrians on the bridge. The van was abandoned just outside Southwark Cathedral, the men using… Continue reading Issue 108: 2017 06 08: Week in Brief: UK
Tag: MI5
Issue 78: 2016 11 03: The Hidden Listeners (Chin Chin)
03 November 2016 The Hidden Listeners One man’s resistance. By Chin Chin I always knew that I was being watched but I never knew by whom. Was it an organised crime syndicate? Probably not, because one old computer with the screen cracked would hardly justify twenty-four hours of surveillance from Raffles and Co. After all,… Continue reading Issue 78: 2016 11 03: The Hidden Listeners (Chin Chin)
Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Zersetzung (Neil Tidmarsh)
15 September 2016 Zersetzung A spy story. by Neil Tidmarsh Last month, US secretary of state John Kerry complained to President Putin about harassment and intimidation against US diplomats in Moscow. The Russian security services are allegedly conducting a campaign of zersetzung against them; mind games which involve breaking into the diplomats’ homes and re-arranging… Continue reading Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Zersetzung (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 66: 2016 08 11 :Do you know MI5 from MI6? (Tim Marshall)
11 August 2016 Do you know MI5 from MI6? Your guide to the United Kingdom intelligence system by Tim Marshall Most Shaw Sheet readers will be taking away the Chilcot report to read on holiday. It is certainly long so to make it more digestible we have decided to sketch out the various organisations which… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11 :Do you know MI5 from MI6? (Tim Marshall)
Issue 28:2015 11 12: London
12 November 2015 London Watching “London” in the Age of Terror reviewed by Archie Wilson In 1994 filmmaker, Patrick Keiller, released the first part of his ‘Robinson’ trilogy, London. Filmed over the course of 1992, the film blurred the definitions of documentary and fiction as the unseen Narrator, voiced by Paul Scofield, and his unseen… Continue reading Issue 28:2015 11 12: London
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 September 2015 Week in Brief: UK LABOUR: Major Labour donor, Assem Allam, who has given £720,000 to the party over the last five years, has offered to provide financial support for the formation of a new centre left party or to those Labour MPs who are prepared to defect to the Liberal Democrats. John… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Be Like A Spider
24 September 2015 Be Like A Spider By Chin Chin There is a large spider hanging just outside my window where it moves up and down as the wind touches the gossamer thread from which it is suspended. As it is only a few inches away I can, by moving my head a little, backwards… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Be Like A Spider
Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
27 August 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS ADULTERY WEBSITE: It is believed that there are 1.2 million Britons among the 37 million users of adultery website Ashley Madison whose details were revealed by hackers last week. These include military personnel, government employees and a Scottish Nationalist MP, as well as two people working at… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
30 July 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS CHILD ABUSE: Cabinet Office papers have been discovered which show that the Head of MI5 wrote to the Cabinet Secretary in 1986 about an MP said to have ‘a penchant for small boys’. MI5’s concern was the security and political risks involved. The documents contain references to… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
