This Month’s Book Club read ‘The Jane Austen Book Club’ and it received mixed criticisms. It’s main plus point was how easy it is to read, but book club members were let down by the substance of the book, which saw very little happen.

The book for May is ‘Never Let Me Go’ by Kazuo Ishiguro.

As seen on: cix:sasha_lubetkin/book_club:5457

Will facebook bring down the government? Social media has been credited with the rise of revolutions in many countries in the last couple of years, but now Telegraph commentator Fraser Nelson is linking it with something much more sinister. Nelson writes that many terrorists can have their roots traced back to London, in a phenomenon that has led the CIA to dub London as ‘Londonistan’. But CIXens are far more rational, many more keen to play down waves of hysteria rather than encourage people to be scared.

As seen on: cix:pointers/2pointless:2908

The conflict in Syria and those Brits who go to fight was up for debate too this week as David Cameron has called on women of the Muslim community to stop their husbands and sons going to Syria.  Should British residents who choose to either send funds or go themselves be arrested and charged with terror offences? Where is the line drawn over crimes committed in another country and whether the offender can be prosecuted here?

As seen on: cix:enquire_within/61discussion:10106

Jokes of the Week:

Alcohol was my dad’s answer to everything. He didn’t drink. He was just lousy at quizzes.

A young man was in love with two women and could not decide which of them to marry. Finally he went to a marriage counsellor. When asked to describe his two loves, he noted that one was a great poet and the other made delicious pancakes.

“Oh” said the counsellor, “I see what the problem is. You can’t decide whether to marry for batter or verse.”

I invited my American mate to the opening of my WW2 themed pub.

He was late.