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Here’s how to stop yourself hurkle-durkling through winter

Brrrr. Atchoo. This cold weather has brought back the sniffles I thought I had got rid of a fortnight ago. Besides the hot lemon drinks, I have...

17.01.2024 3

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Be ambitious like the Spice Girls and you’ll leave your stamp on the world

My mate Murdo is rightfully very proud of his young son. He has been telling me how well he has been doing in primary two, and the prizes he is...

10.01.2024 3

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Let’s agree to fully appreciate bollards in 2024

Some people were released from work duties nearly a fortnight ago, and they have been partying since then. I never thought I would say this, but...

03.01.2024 6

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Wee bit of snow and rain in Aviemore does not a white Christmas make

We had a quiet one, thank you for asking. We had read about this excellent idea of inviting people round on the big day and charging them for...

27.12.2023 5

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If Baroness Michelle has more to say she can Mone on the phone to me

As I was shopping for mince pies to have with hot custard – a sure sign that the auld year is nearly kaput – I met a local Lewis lady called...

19.12.2023 5

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Iain Maciver: Holyrood should hire lawyers on a no-win, no-fee basis

It’s beginning to look a lot like… the rest of 2023. The Scottish Government is still charging into legal battles, which it then promptly loses. A...

13.12.2023 5

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Sir Keir has put his two feet in it with Scottish voters

So, on the Uist and Harris runs, the public will have the opportunity to name the two ferries that will soon be in service. Great news. Do you have...

05.12.2023 2

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‘Tis the season for islanders to make their annual unmentionables trip

Late autumn in the Hebrides is a special time of year. Islanders start thinking about tasks ahead as the sun sets slowly in the west. They ponder:...

29.11.2023 3

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Iain Maciver: With only 18 letters, Gaelic Scrabble games will be speedy

As a journo, I would often get invited to a game of Scrabble here and there. People always think writers know interesting words and give them a good...

21.11.2023 2

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Iain Maciver: Were Western Isles hackers cyberpunks or disenchanted council tax payers?

It’s annoying when someone breaks into your bank account. When I fell victim to these dumb crooks, I was furious. It happened once previously, and...

15.11.2023 5

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Fiona the sheep, ewe’re a star now

Before we went off to Edinburgh last week, it was on the news that a lone, unshorn sheep was spotted at the foot of a cliff in Cromarty. Having...

08.11.2023 4

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Iain Maciver: Our dosy politicians can’t even blame the messenger

Who else thinks that some of our best-known politicians are just a tiny bit foolish? Whether they deleted all these WhatsApp messages they sent and...

31.10.2023 3

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Watch out for a former first minister on a road near you soon

Some keyboard warriors on social media hoped that Nicola Sturgeon would not pass her driving test. Yet, on Monday, she did just that. Go, girl. Now...

25.10.2023 4

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Nobody has any sympathy for the common cold these days

When you have an ordinary cold now, nobody cares. Even if it is a heavy cold, with your eyes streaming, and you have a painful headache and thunderous...

18.10.2023 1

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Nobody has any sympathy for the common cold these days

When you have an ordinary cold now, nobody cares. Even if it is a heavy cold, with your eyes streaming, and you have a painful headache and thunderous...

18.10.2023 4

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Changing of the seasons is obvious everywhere, from home to Holyrood

Have you noticed how many gags people make about the wonderful comfort food soup? Besides the usual “waiter, waiter, there’s a fly in my soup”...

04.10.2023 3

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Iain Maciver: Brilliant binmen were the secret to fixing my broken shower

A shower on a Saturday night can be very relaxing. There I was, just about to reach for my dressing gown, when I remembered our shower was broken....

27.09.2023 3

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Iain Maciver: Once it’s scone, it’s scone – there’s no other way to say it

Twice in the last few weeks, on these Sunday morning shows, they have messed it up. It’s a scone – pronounced sconn. Why do so many so-called...

20.09.2023 5

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Iain Maciver: No excuse for Gaelic gobbledegook misspellings and mispronunciations

On Friday, a few of us were given pots of environmentally-friendly green paint to transform the white community hub near where we live into a green...

13.09.2023 7

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