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Gaelic in Scotland is avoiding oblivion,
Gaelic in Scotland is avoiding oblivion Kirsty Scott Thu 13 Feb 2003 02.01 GMT First published on Thu 13 Feb 2003 02.01 GMT Shares 16 " tha latha an uachdarain seachad. Tha e criochnaiche" - "the landowners' day is over. It is done." 99% of Scots do not...
who and what cities are for
Cities are for everybody When there are problems we should look as to solve everybody should be happy in the city who and what cities are for In the United Kingdom, the urban housing crisis can be traced back to the 1980’s right to buy policy. In theory,...
The easing of restrictions in England
The easing of restrictions is based on nothing other than the government managing the news. The recent, entirely unplanned, acceleration of the process was calculated to shift the heat off Johnson's idiotic defence of his advisor. Were any rational policy...
Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland
Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. Alba is a female given name of Latin origin meaning "dawn". Alba Silvius, was an ancient Roman king of Alba Longa Alba is also Latin for white.
Eating in A French Hotel is Lovely
Eating in a Hotel even if you are not staying there is often a great idea. Especially when abroad I love popping into a Hotel for a coffee and something to eat There are some countries do hotel restaurants better than others. And if the hotel is designed...
bourach and a clusterbourach.
The Gaels had a word for the UK Government's Brexit policy - a bourach. Their handling of the Covid19 pandemic is a clusterbourach. 'bourach' - a complex and utterly disordered and mismanaged situation
A rank contempt of our rulers
Any illusions that we were ever protected from the rank contempt of our rulers by the logic of democracy – because the government embodies the will of the people who elected it – are now gone. Their only concern was for the will that brought them to power....
We are not all in the same boat.
We are not all in the same boat. We are all in the same storm. Some are on super-yachts. Some have just the one oar . Your boat might be a luxury cruiser with the mortgage paid off, all mod cons. The next door neighbour’s might be a dinghy seeping with...
“Stay alert, control the virus, save lives”
“Stay alert, control the virus, save lives” is an anagram of “Easily survives travel north to castle”. Minutes of the Sage meeting on 23 March express concern that Covid-19 case numbers in London “could exceed NHS capacity within the next 10 days” amid...