The Flying Pigs: Young At Art Graffiti Grunnies proof positive there is nae age limit tae creative expression
View From The Midden – rural affairs with Jock Alexander
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The Flying Pigs: Village folk reeling as Percy Pigs jist dinna taste same wi’ plant-based binding agents
View from The Midden – Rural Affairs with Jock Alexander
New Year, New You, New Pitsligo
Tanya soutar, local lifestyle guru
Trump’s call for more civility in politics is like Desperate Dan telling you to go vegan
Ron Cluny, Official Council Spokesman
Rail bosses guilty of blowing their own horn too much as new service launched
View from the midden; rural affairs with Jock Alexander from MTV (Meikle Wartle Television)
We must tell rural kids: ‘You can be a doctor’
There is a road in Applecross in the north-west Highlands called Bealach na Bà, which twists, winds and climbs to more than 2,000ft above sea level, making it the greatest ascent of any road climb in the UK. With a gradient approaching 20% in some places, its narrow, sharp bends have seen it dubbed the UK’s toughest climb.
Warm homes for all should be a priority
If you visit Orkney you can see the sites where ancient peoples built their homes. At the heart of these old buildings was the hearth, around which a family could gather. Here they could cook and warm themselves and the room in which they were sitting. In many places although the walls of these houses have been removed, the hearth still remains, a historic reminder that being warm is a basic need for everyone.
Scottish hands steeped in bloody crimes of history – to others and unto ourselves
I have relatives who toasted white supremacists of the US south. The moment occurred decades ago, according to a family tale, a story only recounted once, and in disgust. That it was all a long time ago is the point – we forget our sins.
GPs are the bread and butter of the NHS
“So, are you just a GP?”
George R Mitchell: Illegal? Justified? Promised by God?
“Settlements”, or as some of my Jewish friends call them, “communities”, are groups of houses built by Israel on land it has occupied since the 1967 war. These settlements are more controversial than religion, checkpoints and even the blockade of The Gaza Strip.