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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Eden (Channel 4) episode two: Taps aff in the woods (and the massage tent)
Anton’s gang of social misfits gets a new recruit, everyone’s sick of potatoes and some strangers deliver a surprise onto the shore.
When the subjects consent, is celebrity gossip really such a bad thing?
Jennifer Aniston never asked for the world to obsess about her love life – but where celebrities encourage the gossip, might it serve a valuable social function?
The diet police need to learn to bite their tongues
When it comes to what others are eating, some people seem incapable of keeping their opinions to themselves.
Eden (Channel 4) episode one: Arrival
Channel 4’s new survival series kicks off in style with building, snogging, bickering, plotting and even a shock death.
Sex and the City Revisited / Season 2, Episode 17: Twentysomething Girls vs Thirtysomething Women
In this episode of the classic comedy-drama, a holiday in the Hamptons turns sour thanks to the actions of various youngsters, then toxic when Carrie bumps into Mr Big – back from France and with a girl on his arm.
Bigoted US church groups should not be made welcome in Scotland
Which is the more troubling antisocial behaviour? Kids gone wild in KFC or Christian fundamentalists preaching across the road?
Do we really want honest politicians, as opposed to a bit of razzle dazzle?
Everyone says they want honest politicians – but don’t silly questions sometimes deserve evasive answers?
When it comes to protecting our heritage, we won’t know what we’ve got til it’s gone
IT’S a long way from here to Salem, Massachusetts, but that’s where my mind traveled when I heard this week’s news of significant redundancies at the National Trust for Scotland (NTS). If ever you need a reminder of how lucky we are to have well-protected heritage sites, I suggest you make a trip to thisContinue reading “When it comes to protecting our heritage, we won’t know what we’ve got til it’s gone”
No voters now thinking again weren’t all fooled during the independence referendum
The vote for a Brexit has changed what it means to be part of the UK, so it’s natural that head-over-heart No voters will be reconsidering their stance.
