Before Sunday lunch cooked by Fionaoutdoors, of course, we went for a quick walk. And here’s what we found.
12/365 Paisley with a patterned sky
Somehow this afternoon, while I wasn’t going swimming with the rest of the family (lax topiary issues) I was to hang around in Paisley while they frolicked at the Lagoon. I spent a little while browsing the reading matter – and an abandonned Daily Record and some tourist leaflets for the whole of the west […]
Les Miserables – splendid cinema if you like that kind of thing
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ10YRA3VKI] It’s 24 hours since I went to see Les Miserables and the songs are still marching around my head which must go to show something. I can’t remember being this excited about a film in a mighty long time, if not ever. I love Les Mis and have seen it on stage a […]
11/365 But the tigers come at night…
Why the prospect of Thatcher’s death sickens me
Thatcher at Chequers 1993 (BBC Radio 4, via Flickr) Margaret Thatcher is a frail old woman and it seems fairly likely that she’ll die quite soon. I couldn’t really care less whether she does or not, but I’m beginning to dread the day she finally packs her handbag for the last time and shuffles off. Perhaps […]