Artist Ron Sandford.Photo: Jane Moncrieff Artist Ron Sandford was born in Greenock in 1937. His talent and curiosity for life, place and work has taken him all over the world. He moved to Cullivoe, Yell, with his family in 2002. From there he continued to produce a remarkable body of …
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Compared to their grandparents, the effects of Covid-19 on our children will be relatively small. But only in the short term. In the longer term, the effects of the pandemic – or more accurately its economic consequences – are likely to resemble those experienced by children who grew up in …
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“What’s in a name? A rose by another name would smell as sweet,” argued Shakespeare. But is it true of company names? Do monikers matter in the world of business? One corporate Rose – Alison, the new boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland – thinks so. She’s hoping that …
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Boris Johnson has spoken of Christians around the world who are facing persecution: “For them, Christmas Day will be marked in private, in secret, perhaps even in a prison cell … As prime minister, that’s something I want to change.” Fine words indeed. Let’s see that change. Download the new …
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The government’s recent decision to temporarily halt shale gas production on geological safety grounds, although sound in itself, must surely highlight what is wrong with the world today. In discounting the climate emergency as a reason it must be among the most selfish decisions made by any UK government. The …
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Money: it’s a thorny subject, a sticky wicket. Put simply, it’s not “the done thing” to discuss in polite company. In the UK and Ireland, huge dichotomies exist when it comes to talking about money. We are all seemingly obsessed with house prices, the slightest increase in the monthly cost …
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This list was suggested by Dean Bullen, after a pedant pointed out that the metal-detecting TV series is Detectorists, not The Detectorists. Just as it is Bodyguard (thanks to Andrew Raeburn). I have done countries that used to be “the” (Netherlands, Ukraine and so on) but here are 10 other things. …
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Increasingly, people on the right seem to think their sharpest weapon against liberals is to slander them with incongruous slurs that they are “too PC”, that they are “snowflakes” or even “overzealously woke”. You know your arguments are running dry when you try to insult people by claiming they’re too …
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