This year the survey of our garden visitors take place over the weekend of 29th to 31st of January.
Get Ready for the Big Garden Birdwatch
Helen’s Home Cooking, Video and Recipe for Stovies
As well as being one of the easiest meals to make, Stovies is also one of the most controversial, it’s variations are many, however it’s simplicity and tastiness links them all.
Promise By Jackie Kay
“Remember, the time of year when the future appears like a blank sheet of paper”
Flying the Scottish EU Flag
Given the level of disappointment that many Scots feel about the way Brexit has been mishandled, and the poor quality of deal that the present UK Government has negotiated, particularly for Scottish […]
Analogue life
“I dreamt of shopping last night.”
Reducing Food Waste By One Third
the Scottish Government will consult on a mandatory national food waste reduction target and the mandatory reporting of Scotland’s food surplus and waste by food businesses.
History Written In The Stars
“The history of the Milky Way is written in these fossil remains. The latter are tokens of an age during which the Universe was very young, just 1 billion years old.”
A Short Mooch At Howton
“I know, it’s now spelt Houton – but, on an OS map of Orkney dated 1960, which we have pinned up on a door, it’s spelt Howton – and that’s how it’s pronounced – so, I’m going with that spelling.”
Even heroes have heroes.
“At the end of a turbulent, desperate and – let’s be honest – hellish year, this week was proof positive that Scotland is increasingly comfortable in its own very distinct political culture and worldview. Support for normal democracy amongst Scots nudges sixty percent. And it will only grow.”
Letters: “For Hogmanay – THINK ON!”
“One headline was, that there had been over 50,000 new cases, and over 900 deaths, in that day.”
