Scotland

The Secret of the Loch

2nd September 2021 Going Postal 0

This is another article by my Uncle, John Alldridge. In addition to writing for the Manchester Evening News, he also wrote many articles for the BBC (back in the 50s and 60s when it was [more…]

Rough Growing In A Pandemic (The Scottish Question)

1st June 2021 Colin Cross 0

The weather has been atrocious. In many ways it’s been a problem in the greenhouse, tomato plants are stressed, evidenced by the yellowing lower leaves and my red onions have bolted, caused, I’m sure, by [more…]

The mummies of Cladh Hallan

17th May 2021 Going Postal 0

If I said to you the word ‘mummies’, archaeologically speaking what comes to mind? (As an aside, that reminds me of one of my favourite British Library catalogue subheadings describing a book – ‘Mummies. For [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

23rd April 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 22nd April 2021 Panel: Douglas Ross (Conservative) Anas Sarwar (Labour) Keith Brown (SNP) Willie Rennie (LibDem) Lorna Slater (Green) Venue: Edinburgh If British politics is a Westminster village then Scottish politics is a [more…]

John Scott Russell

3rd March 2021 Going Postal 0

Imagine, if you will, that you have decided to go for a horse ride along a canal towpath. You see a canal barge making its way along the canal and in front of the barge [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

12th February 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 11th February 2021 Panel: Michael Forsyth (Conservative) Ian Murray (Labour) Stephen Fitzpatrick (Businessman) Angela Haggerty (Journalist) Jeanne Freeman (SNP) Venue: Scotland Given the venue, your humble author, through gritted teeth, must begin this [more…]