. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............................................................................................. .......................... ............ ....................... . Education ........... ............................... ......................
We need a preventative strategy like New Zealand's to deal with outbreaks rather than a numbers game played between health officials and politicians. It's tiring watching political leaders 'react' to numbers daily and claiming this provides evidence on...
Being committed to identifying and conserving the Scottish native honey bee – Apis mellifera mellifera . In time, we hope this species will be the bee of choice for beekeepers across Scotland. This, however, is a long-term aspiration and in the meantime...
Many places of work have switched canteen machines for food and drink, to card only payments, and immediately found themselves backtracking, and having coin slots added to the new machines, following complaints from high numbers of staff at most levels...
There are about 400 cheeses in France today, so you can easily understand the high importance of cheese in the French culture! In 1962, French President Charles de Gaules, was famously quoted as saying “Comment voulez-vous gouverner un pays qui a deux...
Some people like conspiracy theories because it simplifies everything in what is a very complex world into a neat a straightforward explanation. It also gives people that feeling that they're an insider, privileged to know what's "really happening" nod...
FROM the nation's fascination with Elon Musk's latest ventures to fevered speculation about military aircraft being spotted soaring above our rooftops, it suddenly seems like many of us are gazing towards the heavens. Three declassified videos newly released...
A Day in the Garden Following the clouds by Listen to leaves blown Pondering on insects Lying in the garden Gently sipping tea Listening to radio Bidding the time Happy o’ content. Ladybirds fly by Buds all around Colour pallette Bestowed here. Early...
A minister’s son from Cardross was one of the leading campaigners for the abolition of slavery, a 19th century Rosneath minister treated a former African slave as an equal, and in around 1820, a slave escaped to Helensburgh from an American trading ship...
Cycling On the continent the authorities in towns and cities make it easy to cycle and difficult to use a car, by limiting where cars can go. In maastricht for example it would take you less time on a bicycle to get to the city centre from the suburbs...
A German, has revived Liverpool. He has an understanding what football means to him. As Cruyff did. He was given the freedom to follow it 100%. He was given time to fulfil this dream. There can be no one on this planet loving football not adoring the...
As a result of largely Victorian philanthropy, most urban settlements have fairly extensive parks that harbour a surprising array of wildlife! A safari round the mature trees and shrubs will reveal a large number of (admittedly) small beasts, which with...
Getting eggs right can be surprisingly tricky. I believe the great French restaurateur Fernand Point used to judge the skills of potential apprentices by asking them to fry him an egg. This wa some great advice that we got today from USA FunnyFarmer @CharlieWhiskey...
Layers and a waterproof outerlayer are the essentials to staying comfortable outdoors in winter, they don't need to be expensive either, one of the best bits of kit I have had was a cheap cagoule that you can still buy for under £20.00, don't rely on...
lockdowns are justified at first as a preventative, cautious measure. If a half-decent vaccine is never found or not found within a year or two a fairly horrible decision will have to be made to just "live with the virus." But as treatments improve, and...
Scottish morning Quarantine brings the world around so alive. Great to see my blind neighbour walking down the hill for the local bus with his guide dog, shouting out to him from my garden and shouted out a conversation well over the distance required...
Honey and melted butter on toast. A simple lovely tasty easy breakfast Warming hands on a perfect coffee Happy at home . Happy with delight All is good A spade. a rake and a saw wait patiently For small spurts of work in the garden A few minutes out whilst...
A joy of the day is to spend some time in the garden Seaweed that I had got earlier this year has dried and stored at a pile at the side in a corner. Now at this time of the season to prepare the earth before winter truly arrives we take a lot of this...
So quiet all around except for the gentle rustle of falling leaves. Breakfasting from those tasty berries than where picked this morning from the garden. Warmth inside as the chill air contrasts of the lovely natural world outside. Happiness from the...
The beginnings of the weekend with rain and gales of wind a glance out of the window with leaves billowing astray All is good A sleepy sun still sleeps As we emerge so early A breakfast in darkness Sunshine only within all is good Loch Long on one side...
People who can step out into their own garden are fortunate indeed. But even window boxes can put us in touch with the natural world. One of mine now has 'bee-friendly' wildflower seedlings coming up. Looking forward to seeing what theyre like and if...
War, Famine and diseases are the normal for humanity. This is what humanity has always faced, most of us are lucky we have lived in a period of time which has been OK. We also live in a country that hasn't had to face anything horrific for many decades....
The Verge There’s a place on verges to grow more than grass and weeds. As horticulturists say, “there’s a place for every plant and a plant for every place” but one of the big problems is, that, the verge needs to be a place for people to access if needed...
In the small town of Verkhoyansk, Russia, residents of this isolated village just north of the Arctic circle recently experienced something unprecedented even for them: Scorching summer heat of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. That temperature will likely set...
The largest Facebook boycott in history #StopHateforProfit is underway. More than 90 companies, including Unilever, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Honda and Starbucks, have withdrawn advertising from the giant's social media - pressure is to push Facebook to fight...
A new museum will arrive on 1 July. The Kościuszko Museum will be established in Krakow, which will have a massive collection of the valuable memorabilia of Tadeusz Kościuszko. The Museum commemorates the heritage of Tadeusz Kościuszko, but is especially...
