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From the Blog
Leaping or limping?
On this 29th February, the likes of which we won't see for another oooh, well, four years, do we have a spring in our step as we walk into a bright new future, or are we limping into near-total shut-down of social life in the face of Coronavirus? It wouldn't be the...
read morethe man Burns, an a’ that…
Leith Festival kindly invited me to propose the toast at its fundraising Burns Supper this week. Here is the text in full; it had a mixed reception, and I accept that some may think it's too political for the occasion, that's a matter of judgement. Several people...
read moreA very merry Christmas to all my readers
Dear Reader, Deck the halls with boughs of holly / T'is the season to be jolly / Don we now our gay apparel / Troll the ancient Yuletide carol / See the blazing Yule before us / Strike the harp and join the chorus / Follow me in merry measure... and so on, you get my...
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