Reading time: < 1 min s e v i t z d o t c o m is his site. You may, or may not, have come across it (no tissue jokes please). Note that his first name is Adrian. NOT Adrain (a drain). I’m surprised he doesn’t get upset about it when some people get it wrong. I know…
Reading time: < 1 min Radio Scotland Arts Show So yes, I was on the radio. LAST Tuesday. I only found this out today after emailing the researcher who had neglected to tell me when it would be broadcast. So, apologies to any new visitors who have come and expected me to be talking about ‘being on the radio’. It’s…
Reading time: < 1 min Blunkett strikes again. “We locked you up in jail for 25 years and you were innocent all along? That’ll be £80,000 please” What price would you put on a year of your life?
Reading time: 2 mins Frustration is a terrible thing, particularly if coupled with self-importance. Take, for example, the stroppy business-suited blonde I encountered this morning. Let me set the scene: Monday morning trains are usually late/delayed/packed and arrive out of schedule, so it’s quite normal to arrive at the station and find a train has just rumbled underneath the…
Reading time: < 1 min Ides of March “The soothsayer’s warning to Julius Caesar, ‘Beware the Ides of March,’ has forever imbued that date with a sense of foreboding. But in Roman times the expression ‘Ides of March’ did not necessarily evoke a dark mood—it was simply the standard way of saying ‘March 15.'” Original content later.
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