Participation in votes on programmes like ‘Strictly’ or ‘X Factor’ are massive and many also respond willingly to social media polls on everything from climate change to ‘do you remember Spangles?’ .
Farming Matters: Through the Looking Glass
The question is no longer “should Scotland be independent” but is now “why on earth wouldn’t we?”
Heritage Society Objects to SSEN Plans for Orkney
“the Society believes two parts of the current project are unacceptable”
Farming Matters: A Deeper Understanding
“we must see things as they have never been and ask “why not?” Robert Kennedy
Farming Matters: The Leaving Song
“To step aside is human” (Robert Burns, ‘Address to the Unco’ Guid’)
Talking Wood
Someone sent me a link to a podcast featuring Alan Garner, speaking of how woodland was, and can be, worked.
Maree Todd: Farming Fears with Brexit
“islanders are concerned about the future of the industry that is the backbone of the local economy.”
Farming Matters: As Good As It Gets
It was and remains the simple premise that the best people to govern Scotland are the people who live there.
Living Mountain Living
“Mike read ‘The Living Mountain’, and then thought to send it to his Dad, who was in hospital at the time”
Maree Todd: Success of Scotland’s Baby Box
“I was delighted when the SNP made the introduction of the boxes one of its manifesto pledges”