Month: July 2016

Bonny Scotland

We’ve just spent a lovely week in Scotland, at a Landmark Trust place near Port William. I say ‘near’, but in fact the joy of it was that it wasn’t near anything …. no wifi, no telly, phone only if you were prepared to stand very close to cows who weren’t much into personal (cowsonal?) …

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The Nice Guys

Went to see a rather likeable film at the weekend – The Nice Guys with Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling. Ryan Gosling has the ability to be adorable in everything, no matter how awful the character he plays – rather like a fluffy gosling, in fact, you can forgive him anything. You’ve probably seen the …

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Pandora’s Box

I had heard about the huge rise in racist incidents since the referendum result, but had airily assumed that it was all happening outside London, in those god-forsaken chunks of the country where people had unaccountably decided that recession, unemployment and knackered pension schemes were what they’d always wanted. But no, it’s happening even here, …

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….and Breathe

My dears, it’s been an age. Hope you’ve been well and aren’t too downcast by this strange Brexiteering world we’ve been plunged into. I’m sorry I haven’t been here in your hour of need, but I was on important business, having the holiday of a lifetime. I’m not allowed to say any more about that …

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