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The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves's November budget, has been mired in controversy.  She had made the mistake in the previous year of being ...

I don't usually post papers I have written on this blog, but the Mercat Group of former Council Chief Executives recently published an a...

Time to go back 6 November 2025 Apart from a couple of visits to the supermarket and a walk from the church to the cemetery at a recent fune...

The PEAK McLaren Leisure Centre It's been a strange year. In 2024, I had climbed about 60 mountains in Scotland and the Lake District. O...

I have listened to the Today Programme since the days of Jack de Manio in the late 1960s, but have become less loyal over the past year sin...

Dream On I am not a great follower of golf; it takes too much time, doesn't provide much cardio exercise and it was too expensive when I...

Visions of Britain It is easy to forget that only just over a year ago, we were seeing the final dismemberment of the Conservative governmen...

Just Read It One of the great disappointments of Starmer's Labour Government is the way it has tackled its budget. If growth were the pr...

When we hear the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, say he is horrified about what is happening in Gaza, we realise that the UK is a busted flu...

Shenavall Bothy on arrival at sunset  Beinn Dearg Mhor, my favourite Corbett Fisherfield Five(Six) Route Monday, 18 August 2025 I received a...

Albania from Agios Spiridon, the northern point of Corfu The Med in July is not that cool. The crowds, temperatures, airline and accommodati...

Mount Pantokrator on ascent Friday, 25 July 2025 Ascent:      450 metres Distance:  11 kilometres Time:        2 hours 48minutes Mount Panto...