Fun
‘The People’s Duke’
‘The People’s Duke’ In front of Glasgow’s gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), on the Queen Street pavement, stands an equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington sculpted by Carlo Marochetti in 1844. However my focus is another daring group of […]
A Cavilling Christmas!
“Ear shredding hail Inside out brollies Thundering gales Last-second shopping Can’t wait for Sales Mum said wear layers Remember daylight? Train Deeelllaaaaayss!! Or cancellations Icy roads Slip on your arse And a partridge in a […]
My Summer of Love by Margery Higglebottom
His name was Arvel Edwin Tranter but, for reasons that were never clear, we called him Berny. In the summer of 1957 his garden parties were the place to be for anyone wishing to stand […]