As an aspiring journalist I know that the coming of the Information Age has meant great changes in the way we get our information and also what information we get. According to the Tulsa World “The free flow of information is the lifeblood of a democracy.” Nothing new there then. It is however interesting and [...]
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Sunshine Week
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Freedom of Information, government, Oklahoma, Tulsa, United States on March 20 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Environmentally economic
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged electric cars, Scottish Government, surveys on March 9 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most Scots think that the environment ranks equally in importance with the economy – when considered in global terms. But, when asked about what matters particularly to Scotland, they think the economy essential. It seems many Scots still have to be persuaded to think about the environment in a local sense rather than as [...]
On the road to the twilight years…..
Posted in Uncategorized on March 4 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is very funny. But don’t just take my word for it!
Taliban revival?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghan Women, Taliban, violence on March 4 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is it back to the burqa for Afghan women in 2009? After a resurgence of attacks on women there over recent months one would not blame them. Of course that would be the easy way out. But women in this society have been here before, and may not give up so easily in spite of [...]
DIY – is it for me?
Posted in Uncategorized on March 4 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have in the past made furniture from Ikea without any outside help. It stood the test of time. I was quite proud of it. What I did not expect, however, was the arrival of a sofabed in big bits. It is standing in the spare room, or what will be the spare room [...]
Where did the cup cake revolution start?
Posted in Uncategorized on March 4 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well of course as many good things do it started in the States. But somehow my Mum got there first. In her baking days she regularly made butterfly cakes in little paper case with the top sliced off and then artfully placed in the butter icing to form the “wings”. They were never different. They [...]
Is the handkerchief dead?
Posted in Uncategorized on March 3 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sniff, Sniff, Sniff……no, not the sound of a newshound but the sound of fellow students in the library! The cold weather has returned and with it the usual bout of coughing, spluttering and sniffing. The more discerning of you will have noticed that I have recently returned to tertiary education. In an [...]
Alcohol measures announced by Holyrood
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alcohol, alcohol abuse, licensing boards, Rab C Nesbitt, Scotland, Scottish Government on March 2 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Phyllis Stephen It’s the end of Happy Hours….but surely few people can be unhappy about the announcement from the Scottish Government to bring to an end our national love affair with the bottle. They are today taking steps to curb excesses in drinking, particularly under-age drinking and other forms of alcohol abuse. It will, [...]
What will make me statuesque?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The latest statue to be unveiled in Edinburgh is the imposing figure of James Clerk Maxwell at the east end of George Street. This is the first statue to be erected in George Street in almost 100 years. It was commissioned by the Royal Society of Edinburgh to recognise Maxwell’s contributions to the word of [...]
A wee recipe to keep you all warm…
Posted in Uncategorized on February 3 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My recipe is made up from something I ate in Aberdeen at the weekend – hope you like fish! This is a kind of kedgeree…. Take a couple of pieces of smoked haddock and poach them till they flake easily in some water. Keep the water and then use it to cook some rice [...]
January
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why is January at the beginning of the year? It has to be the most depressing month! So why don’t we move it somewhere else with its resolutions (which by the second week you have forgotten far less remembered to keep up), the wind and rain and snow which prevail (and soak you through to [...]
Indolence inside – does it help?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alec Spencer, Henry McLeish, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, HMP Addiewell, prisons, rehabilitation on December 11 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On any day of the week there are almost 8000 men and women held in Scottish prisons. There’s room for just over 6,000. Our prisons must be bursting at the seams. The Scotsman reported on 22 November one solution which would require action from the Scottish Government:- SEVEN jails costing more than £1 billion may have to [...]
EU regulation threatens Scottish tradition
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alyn Smith, eu parliament, Homecoming, Kilts, Lord Mandelson, origin marking scheme, PGI, Scotland, Scottish Register of Tartans, St Andrews Day on December 8 2008 | 1 Comment »
According to a Scottish MEP the kiltmaking industry in Scotland could suffer because nobody can agree what a kilt is! Alyn Smith MEP said that “Defining what a Scottish Kilt is and then protecting that designation has never been more important for the Scottish Textile industry.” An Economic Impact Study by the Scottish Government has [...]
Fireworks
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Edinburgh, fireworks, new year, st andrews on November 29 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is the 29th of November in Scotland (as indeed it is in most places this side of the international date line). It seems that for some reason there is a need to send more fireworks skywards from our beautiful castle in the capital. WHY? I have searched the internet. I have searched my brain [...]
Home Reports and the Housing Market
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Home reports, housing, Law Society of Scotland, Scottish Government, solicitors on November 27 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whether we like it or not we will have home reports from 1 December in Scotland. According to the RICS website It’s up to the owner of the property to arrange for a Home Report and then make it available to anyone interested in buying their home. The Home Report has three parts: A [...]
The Machine is using us………….
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged digital text, html, journalism, machines, words on November 24 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cheap flights
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We have much to thank Michael O’Leary for. He takes us back and forth across the Irish Sea in next to no time and sometimes for very little money indeed. (Of course there are times when demand pushes the prices up to astronomic proportions in comparison!) However there are downsides….the cheap flights mean that [...]
Why do girls wear high heels?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged buses, high heels, students, thriftiness on November 20 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have seen two or three girls over the last couple of days teetering about on high heels. Why do we do this to ourselves? There is no point in trying to walk in high heels when half of our university campus is on a steep slope. So to the girl who was walking down [...]
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