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When Iain Banks died, Phyllis and I realised that we had never actually got round to reading anything by him.
Read moreFormerly known as the Widmann Blog
When Iain Banks died, Phyllis and I realised that we had never actually got round to reading anything by him.
Read moreMy old friend Kakha from Georgia was visiting us last week, and at one point I asked him whether Rabbie
Read moreThe existence of national flags makes it easy to create country icons (e.g., in a menu where you can select
Read moreI guess it’s high time to publish my predictions for 2014. I’ve decided to be a bit bolder again —
Read moreFirework Originally uploaded by Paolo Dallorso Predicting future events is harder than it looks…: At least one of Scotland’s unionist
Read moreOn 18 September 2011 I wrote this: I blogged back in May 2009 that I had finished watching Enterprise and
Read moreOne of the things I like about Scotland is that it has never been a monocultural place — it has
Read moreMy first Belgian witbier was full of ginger, coriander and orange peel, and although the result was unpleasant it didn’t
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