Whaligoe Steps
A walk down the spectacular Whaligoe Steps, 300 steps down to an old fishing station on the Caithness coast.
A walk down the spectacular Whaligoe Steps, 300 steps down to an old fishing station on the Caithness coast.
An exploration of the centuries-old Sinclair Mausoleum, near Ulbster in Caithness.
A quick stop in Helmsdale, Sutherland, en route to the island of Stroma. A place well worthy of a return visit.
A preview of July’s Reading Female Travel Writers title, A Ride in the Neon Sun by Josie Dew.
My review of June’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers series – Rose Macaulay’s beautiful if plodding Fabled Shore.
My preview of June’s Reading Female Travel Writers title, Fabled Shore by Rose Macaulay.
My review of May’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers series – Kathleen Jamie’s Among Muslims.
A reflection, in the light of press behaviour following the Manchester bombing, on “death knocking”, standards in our press and what we can do to make our newspapers better.
Next in my 2017 “Reading Female Travel Writers” quest is my preview of May’s title, Kathleen Jamie’s Among Muslims: Meetings at the Frontiers of Pakistan.
In which I get interviewed by the Inverness Courier for my views on what Inverness city centre needs.
My review of April’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers mission – Jenny Diski’s powerful and beautiful Skating to Antarctica.
A preview of April’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers mission – Jenny Diski’s Skating to Antarctica.
My review of March’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers mission – Fi Glover’s fun and informative Travels With My Radio.
A look at some of the myths around Scotland and the EU, in the light of the forthcoming second independence referendum.
A preview of March’s title in my Reading Female Travel Writers mission – Fi Glover’s Travels With My Radio.
My second book review in my 2017 quest to read female-authored travel writing – Dervla Murphy’s Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle.
With Scottish independence rearing its head once more, it’s time to wearily address the question that won’t go away – is the movement for independence racist?
In which I argue that the Single Transferable Vote for elections to the House of Commons is both the one thing that could transform the UK and, through its political impossibility, the one thing that renders the UK unreformable.
A reflection on what I, as an ordinary individual, can do when so many politically horrible things are happening. Warning: this is a long read.
My preview of February’s title for my Reading Female Travel Writers project: Dervla Murphy’s Full Tilt.