I’m a big fan of Glasgow’s Citizens’ Theatre, the best independent theatre in Glasgow. I’m also proud that my company is a ‘cast’ corporate sponsor, which is a small way to help them in their efforts to bring the best in theatre to Glasgow. Discovered today that they’ve setup a weblog with news and goings on [...]
I despise the Daily Mail. It’s a horrifically biased newspaper, with a particular agenda to push (and push it it does relentlessly) that I very rarely find I have any sympathy with. It seems to relish winding up and massaging the prejudices of the people of Middle England (and Middle Scotland) who buy the paper. [...]
Chlorophyll is wonderful stuff. Here in Glasgow, the first flush of spring flowers has gone, but the blossom is in full swing, and the trees are that particularly fresh green, flush with chlorophyll. It’s a delight to see and experience, and really makes being outside special, especially with the lovely weather we’re having. I’m really [...]
The Grangemouth oil refinery strike is now national news, and no longer a purely Scottish affair. Despite calls for people to not panic, it’s been hard to miss the queues at petrol stations, and many of them - here in Glasgow - seem to be struggling to keep up with demand. The public don’t seem [...]
Finishing up with a client recently has meant that hardware VPN/firewall/router I used to get access their network needed to be unplugged, and I thought it was high time I did a refresh of my home network. So I’ve plumbed for an Apple Time Capsule as the main wireless access device, and a Netgear DG834G router, but [...]
Further to the Campaign meeting last week, the Save Pollok Park campaign have put together details of what matters should be raised with the council in order to get the plan called-in to Scottish Ministers. My own letter is here, feel free to use it, but do make it your own. I’ve popped mine in the [...]
With our wedding in April, a lot of friends and family will be travelling a long way to come and see us, so we want to encourage people who’ve perhaps not visited Glasgow or the west of Scotland before to see some of the highlights of the area, if they have time in their schedule. I’ve [...]
The council, in it’s dismissal of the Save Pollok Park campaign - like to suggest its opposition to Go Ape in Pollok Park is a negative, single-issue campaign, devoid of constructive suggestions for how the council could meet it’s goals and targets to improve the use of the park. So to counter that, I thought [...]
Last night both Frances and I attended the campaign meeting against Go Ape in Pollok Park, excellently organised - as ever - by Save Pollok Park. It was good to finally briefly meet Bill Fraser too, having exchanged plenty of e-mails over the last few months! There’s good coverage of the meeting at the Evening times, [...]
Bits and pieces
All go at the moment, so only time for a brief update: Wedding plans are proceeding well. We’re being cautioned by friends to stay calm as the day approaches, and I think we are managing that quite well. Got quite excited picking up the rings, as well as getting to see the finished product for something [...]