I HAVE NEVER felt so out of kilter with the world, or so demoralised. In the summer, as the shock of the initial lockdown was
NOW THAT we have satnav, it’s rare to feel the frustration of travelling in a car where the driver resolutely heads in the wrong direction
ON FRIDAY Nicola Sturgeon addressed the nation yet again and openly considered the possibility of tightening current Covid restrictions further. Where is Scotland now? How
SINCE COVID struck, we have become accustomed to a landscape of flattened affect. There have been waves of fear, glimmers of hope, myriad changes in
‘Twas the night before Lockdown, when all through the house Not a citizen stirred, not even a spouse. The facemasks were hung by the front
Linda Holt article from Wednesday 16, September, 2020 WE ARE NOW officially living under the Rule of Six. The police are charged to enforce it. In Scotland, more than six people (not counting children under 12) from a maximum of two households are banned from meeting outside of work, school and certain other specified settings. […]
Emma Hargan article from Saturday 5, September, 2020 IT’S BEEN a while peeps! We decided to take some time out from blogging for a bit. Instead of frying everyone’s head with yet another blog about baking cakes with the kids and becoming borderline insulin resistant (and alcoholics), I thought it might be a good opportunity […]
A DEAR FRIEND of mine died recently, a very active man who was in so many committees and had so many hobbies that under normal
Linda Holt article from Thursday 26, March, 2020 OVER THE WEEKEND, hordes of townies flooded into the countryside in search of refuge from the coronavirus. Curiously, however, no-one seems to have predicted this mass evacuation. The spectacle brought to mind the opening sequence of the 70s dystopian TV serial Survivors (pictured), which imprinted itself on my teenage mind. […]
