Follow @UrFhasaidh As a child growing up in the 80s, other than trying to break my Rubik’s Cube, I can remember the t-shirts all the cooler older kids were wearing. We didn’t see too many black people in my hometown in the west of Scotland. There were a handful of Chinese families and a few … Continue reading Remembering the Tenth of May
Doctors Everywhere and Not a Cure in Sight
Follow @UrFhasaidh Text message reads: “I’m doing the red robe shuffle this afternoon if you fancy coming.” A red robe what? John’s full of little textual codes. Best thing to do would be to call him. He answers, and as soon as I hear his voice it dawns on me. He is being made a … Continue reading Doctors Everywhere and Not a Cure in Sight
Starting as You Mean to Go On
What is the point in doing turkey and roast ham with all the trimmings; the very imitation of the seasonal feast of the British aristocracy, if you are going to act like a savage and cast the left-overs out into a public green? Really? Every year the same sight greets me in the week after … Continue reading Starting as You Mean to Go On
Onset of Christmas Month
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, I’m led to believe, was significant in popularising the celebration of Christmas among the English upper classes. Before this time it had very much been a holiday for the industrial, labouring classes. One hundred and seventy-one years on and Christmas remains an indispensable part of the working person’s social calendar. … Continue reading Onset of Christmas Month
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