Reads and Rants

Another troublesome bear – Rupert Gillian GibbonsThank goodness sense has prevailed and the Sudanese Government have released the British schoolteacher…

Service with a smile

The Wallace Monument, Stirling I plucked this superb image off the web. I hope the owner doesn’t mind. There are…

Writing, reading and music

The Black Cab Sessions Check out the website. One singer, one song, one black cab, that’s the theme. BCS are…

National No Music Day

I wonder how this little lady is coping with National No Music Day. Better than me I hope. Today is…

A wild holiday

Callakille, Applecross Callakille is the remote croft situated about seven miles north of the village of Applecross, Ross-shire. The house,…

What a performance

Sigur Rós Venus as a Boy One of the best books I have read this year is Venus as a…