Monthly Archives: August 2020
Ask yourself this…
Is this one of those annoying articles which seem to be everywhere in newspapers these days? You know, where a journalist selects a topic from the news agenda and then answers their own questions about it in a frightfully witty manner? Yes, it is. I’m going to interview myself but pretend that it’s actually you, […]
Scotch Myths
I’m often left with the feeling that the boarding school educated elite who dominate cultural and political life in England don’t really “get” Scotland. They still seem to regard it as North Britain; a jolly nice place to visit for a spot of grouse shooting or salmon fishing, populated by quaintly eccentric natives. I read […]
The Joy of Eavesdropping
In many of the zoom meetings I’ve sat through recently I’ve heard several people say that what they really miss about no longer being able to go to pubs and restaurants like we used to is that they can no longer observe strangers and listen in on their conversations. I totally agree. Anyone who just […]
The House That Rupert Built
I’ve just finished watching The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, BBC2’s three part series on Rupert Murdoch and his News International global media empire. The series was by no means faultless, there were some quite astonishing omissions which I’ll come to in a second, but it did give a fascinating insight into how Murdoch and […]
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