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A View From The Greenhouse; Far Right Extremism (Innit?)

17th May 2022 Colin Cross 0

Welcome everyone, to my bi-weekly missive on all things “green”, some things bizarre and some things which may appear “made up” but which most definitely aren’t. Back to something like 90% fitness I’ve spent the [more…]

Culture

A View From The Greenhouse; Bath, A Chance Encounter, Long “Covid”

3rd May 2022 Colin Cross 0

It’s been a month now since I last posted from the greenhouse, although, somewhat thankfully, it hasn’t been a month since I visited it. With the arrival of spring we see ewes and lambs arriving [more…]

Arts

A Postcard Frae Glesgae

19th April 2022 Colin Cross 0

Over the last few weeks I’ve had occasion to visit Glasgow on two occasions, one for an overnight stay and the second time primarily to visit Kelvingrove Museum and Gallery. The happy circumstance of my [more…]

Authoritarianism

A View From The Greenhouse; The Truth Of The Matter

5th April 2022 Colin Cross 0

I’ve mentioned the “yawk” up before, although it’s fair to say I may have miss-spelled it in the past. Suffice to say, the term has nothing whatsoever to do with the fine city of York [more…]

Collecting

A View From The Greenhouse; This Sporting Life

22nd March 2022 Colin Cross 0

Life carries on much as normal, given the increasingly bizarre times we live in. The weather, thankfully, has picked up and jobs that have been on hold for a couple of weeks have risen to [more…]

Authoritarianism

A View From The Greenhouse (Putin-Mad, Bad, Or Just Being Vlad)

8th March 2022 Colin Cross 0

“It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” as the saying goes and it’s as true for owners of large glass structures as it is for anyone else. Since my last epistle we’ve faced [more…]

Business

A View From The Greenhouse (“Brexit” Disastrophe)

22nd February 2022 Colin Cross 0

In Scotland and Lancashire they had (maybe they still do have) Wakes Week, a time when factories, mines and the like closed for 7 days to allow people to go to Blackpool, get pissed and [more…]

17th Century

A View From The Greenhouse (A Savile Jibe, Really?)

8th February 2022 Colin Cross 0

If you thought strawberry tales was boring, then I guess you’d better hold my coat (as the saying goes). Following several days of not being able to even enter the greenhouse, apart from a cursory [more…]

Culture

View From The Greenhouse (Envies Of The World, Innit?)

25th January 2022 Colin Cross 0

Unless you’re a strawberry obsessive then the first part of this installment of my bi-weekly greenhouse diary ramblings is going to be incredibly boring. Thankfully, as so few even bother to read the articles, much [more…]

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