‘I belong to Glasgow, and Glasgow belongs to me.’ 2025 sees the 850th anniversary of the granting of its Burgh Charter to what is now the city of Glasgow. The city, certainly in the past, was always known for close […]
G.K. Chesterton says in his book, The Incomplete Traveller, that ‘the traveller sees what he sees; the tripper sees what he has come to see.’ You know from my article last month, that whilst I enjoyed Germany, the trains were
The summer holidays are gone, and the ‘summer’ never really made an appearance. A good day here, a good day there, but for the most part, a washout! Likewise, my first trip to Germany was mixed: the trains that never
‘What did you teach?‘ is a question that I am often asked, when people find out that I was a secondary school teacher. I leave them to guess, but it really should be obvious that my subject was Religious Education.
“You can tell a manse garden a mile away.” This was a comment made by a colleague and a friend who worked on the then, Ministries Council, at the beloved headquarters, 121. I discovered that she wasn’t being complementary. For
Having worked in the Retail Trade in a previous life, how supermarkets interact and attract their customers always intrigues me, there is a lot of psychology going on. A number of supermarkets put fresh produce at the door, so that
‘Where did you go on your break?’ The expectation, of course, was Italy, or at least somewhere warm, which wouldn’t be hard living in Scotland. Yes, somewhere where the sun shines daily, the temperature in the low 20’s, the sea
‘It’s always been…’ A phrase common to Scotland. ‘It’s always been like that, so why should it be changed? A variation is of course, ‘ If it ‘aint broke don’t fix it’ but it suggests the similar principle of the
The radio is on in the car……and even although it is still November, Christmas songs blare out. To be honest, I am not feeling full of the Christmas joy and ‘Ho, ho, ho.’ Remembrance Sunday has just passed, as well
‘You are on mute,’ is a regular expression of exasperation on zoom calls. It can be rectified, of course, by the click of a mouse. But being on ‘mute’ when people want to hear what you have to say isn’t
