BY ROGER WATSON ‘…surgeon’ The word penetrated the loud chatter, reached her ear and the ‘cocktail party effect’ kicked in. ‘Yes, I work locally. Love my job.’ She disengaged from the hungry gaze and the increasingly salacious conversation of the man who was speaking to her and tossed a glance in the direction of the voice she was actually listening to. She was not disappointed. … Continue reading CSM Christmas Story 2 of 3: A Christmas Party
BY ROGER WATSON The house was dark and quiet. It was Christmas Eve and the rest of the houses on the street were lit up and noisy. This one was dark and quiet but the owners were at home, he knew they were. He pressed the bell and knocked loudly and confidently on the door. Silence. He tried again with the same result. Then he … Continue reading CSM Christmas Story 1 of 3: Lace
BY STEWART SLATER “Only he who has no use for the Empire is fit to be entrusted with it.” said the Chinese philosopher Zuangzhi, and he probably had a point. Those who run for office generally do so on the basis that they think they will perform well in it. Most of them are wrong. If some political careers do not end in failure, the … Continue reading Officers and Ideologues
BY MEG LEE CHIN It seems some of the events in Ukraine may have been misinterpreted by our Western media. Our typical warfare style is to immediately storm the capital city and kill or seize the leader. Although this allows us to claim a swift victory for our folks back home, it tends to leave a messy power vacuum as we scramble to install a … Continue reading The Zelensky Meme
CSM EDITORIAL Dear Readers, Happy New Year to you all. So, what can you expect from Team Country Squire this year? Well, we have just soft-launched Country Squire India which some of the UK team are already involved in. With the assistance of our editorial adviser, Dr Kaustav Bhattacharyya in Bangalore, we have put together an impressive list of contributors and shall be holding some … Continue reading The Year Ahead
