OH WOW! Where did those last five years go? When other parents tell you to take it all in, enjoy every minute and even embrace
SINCE I LAST WROTE recently about landscape and painting, a neighbour and a new friend, asked me, “Who was the best portrait painter?” I said, “Rembrandt.”
WHILE FRANCE celebrated VE Day on 8 May 1945, her Algerian citizens, who had also contributed to the liberation of Europe, were in a critical
SPRING THIS YEAR brought several anniversaries to France. Macron chose to commemorate the death of Napoleon two hundred years ago even though today the former
BOOK REVIEW: A State Of Fear by Laura Dodsworth Pinter & Martin; paperback, £9.99. Published 17 May 2021 By Jon Dobinson – 8 minute read IN
EVERY MILESTONE that a child hits is special and something to remember. There are some milestones that are super special! I am so relieved to
DEAR READER, I have provided two photos of this last painting. One in the light and one against. The painting is 3 feet x 4
THIS IS the speech I made as a representative of the Inform Scotland group to the May Day Gathering at Holyrood on 1st May 2021.
LOCKDOWN LIFE has been pretty tough going. I for one was sick and tired of hearing, “It’s actually quite nice to just slow down.” Slow
DENNIS KAVANAGH is supposed to have commented recently that ‘Scottish politics has not been this much fun since Macbeth’. His quip is not quite accurate
I’VE NEVER KNOWN a time in the past ten years when there’s not been more than a few months pause from Nationalists telling how we
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL in the Country today. I felt it regularly as I ran along the narrow lanes between those strong winds, cloud, sleet and snow;