A Scot in the South
I am feeling very Scottish this week. It’s hard to define what that actually means, but I am. I spent a lot of time online last week reading news stories about Scotland, and maybe that has something...
View ArticleWee Eck the Big Numpty
I am nae chuffed. Let me put that another way. I’m crabbit. Awfy crabbit. So I’ve come on here to have a wee blether about it. I don’t know if you’ve been paying any attention to the stramash around...
View ArticleGuest Post: A Walk in the Woods
This is a guest blog from one of my favourite people, Adam Ramsay. When he’s not being an uncle, you can find him tweeting as @AdamRamsay and blogging at Bright Green and 101 Ways To Cook Mushrooms....
View ArticleScotland: Democracy, Devolution and Pandas
Juliet Swann works as the Campaigns and Research Officer for the Electoral Reform Society in Scotland. The ERS are planning an exciting series of events to get the debate about Scotland’s democracy...
View ArticleFringe Frolics
So after the calm and the quiet of Harris, we headed here… … to the madness of the Edinburgh Fringe. It was the third week of the Festival by the time we arrived, so it was a tired kind of madness. By...
View ArticleWeans’ World
What would make Scotland the best place in the world to bring up children? The Scottish Government will soon be launching their National Parenting Strategy. You can read more about it here. This is a...
View ArticleEdinburgh
So we are back from Edinburgh – the final stop on the whirlwind world tour that we’ve been making before the big move. It was an easy, sweet and comfortable week, which we spent surrounded by many of...
View ArticleDorkyDad’s Last Transmission From London
The movers are here now. I type this against the background chatter of ripped masking tape and heavy cardboard boxes being assembled by rough, experienced hands. Tonight this flat will be empty save...
View ArticleThe One with the Referendum
Och. I was doing so well too. You have no idea how hard I’ve tried to be good about this. How often I’ve sat on my hands, and not commented, or liked or retweeted or shared or argued or said a single...
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