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SO, BEINN Dearg is waiting to hear if it has joined the elite group of mountains known as the Munros. And though the peak above the Corrieshalloch Gorge near Ullapool will not have moved one foot, membership of the club will mean its fame, footfall and parking arrangements are never quite the same again. Baggers disappointed that Foinaven failed to stretch past 3,000ft earlier this year can re-wax their boots and book a weekend in Ullapool instead. Maybe.
But is Munro status the highest accolade Scots can bestow upon a mountain? Or is Munro-mania slowly giving way to a less summit-focused experience of our hills?
Continue reading "Go tell it on the mountain...size isn't everything" »
JAW-JAW was once better than war-war. Not now. The sideways shudder of Gordon Brown's jaw has been blamed for his lack of voter appeal. Ex head of NATO George Robertson's "tight" mouth has made him an easy target for caricature. Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon are struggling to control their faintly patronising, know-all smiles ... and now Wendy Alexander is trailing in the popularity stakes because she is a small woman with a large mouth. Of course, you won't read that in broadsheet coverage, which is almost fawning in its repetitive mention of how clever Ms Alexander is. A back-handed compliment if ever I heard one. In anti-intellectual Scotland, nobody likes a smartypants. Online, though, comment is personal, cruel, unfair and undoubtedly biased. But copious.
Bendy Wendy, Windy Alexander, Gordon's wee Gargoyle, Wee Wendy Weirdo, The Mooth, Darling Wendy, New LISP (Labour in Scotland Party), Wendy and the Lost Boys etc etc.
Continue reading "Has Wendy what it takes to foil Salmond's hook?" »
The prospect of a Labour woman at Holyrood is leaving Scottish voters cold - but is it because she's a woman, or because she's too New Labour ?
After a wee while shooting with a cast of characters about Dundee, the film "Whodunnit" will play to its first audience at DCA in Dundee on Saturday 18 August.
It's a short film and the Saturday showing is followed by a discussion. For more details of showings and a wee poster....click here to Download film-poster.jpg
