12 October 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: The Social Democrats have fallen to third place in polls ahead of next week’s elections, as a result of a scandal about an internet smear campaign against Sebastian Kurz, leader of the rival Peoples’ Party. The far right Freedom Party is in second place. The… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:Week in Brief International
Tag: Nobel Prize
Issue 106: 2017 05 25: My Nobel Prize (Chin Chin)
25 May 2017 My Nobel Prize Thank goodness for the ban on cultural appropriation. By Chin Chin I spent Saturday afternoon dusting; not the whole of my house, you will understand, but a patch on the mantelpiece in the front room where the medal for the Nobel prize is going to go. Just how big… Continue reading Issue 106: 2017 05 25: My Nobel Prize (Chin Chin)
Issue 15: 2015 08 13 UK News
13 August 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS CHARITY COLLAPSE: Kids Company, the charity founded by Ms Batmanghelidj in 1996 has closed following allegations of financial mismanagement and questions over its practices. The charity, which drew support from the government as embodying its Big Society agenda, employed some 650 staff and made use of 10,000… Continue reading Issue 15: 2015 08 13 UK News
Issue 7: 2015 06 18:Sir Tim Hunt
18 June 2015 Sir Tim Hunt by Lynda Goetz I had not heard of Sir Tim Hunt until about a week ago. Perhaps I should have done, since he is a Nobel prize-winning scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001 with two other scientists, Paul Nurse and Leland H.… Continue reading Issue 7: 2015 06 18:Sir Tim Hunt
