Meryl Streep as Thatcher in The Iron Lady Everyone has a view on Mrs T. Even now more than 20 years since she resigned as prime minister, the mention of her name causes fists to clench and jaws to tighten. Even now she’s an ailing and diminished old lady but still has the power to polarise […]
A cautionary tale about making assumptions
In the Twilight zone and wondering why it took me so long
The laddie is a vamp Admittedly not first with the latest, but his weekend I watched the first of the Twilight movies… just to see what the fuss is all about, you understand. The Twilight films are a series of supernatural romances based on the books by Stephenie Mayer. They involve a vampire, played by Robert […]
Why has Brad Pitt driven a whole city demented?
I Know Where I’m Going, but I don’t know why
Here I am in the Western Isles Hotel just above the colourful harbour front at Tobermory. The Panther and Boy Three are snoozing and I’m enjoying the quiet. I’m also trying to solve a mystery. It’s the kind of mystery that would do Agatha Christie proud. There’s a rambling old building, a lounge with over-stuffed […]