Granny, what happened in Brexit? In years to come, I am dreading the point at which an inquisitive (and probably bespectacled) grandchild sidles up to me with a homework jotter and asks the question: “Granny, what really happened during Brexit?” because in all honesty I will not have a clue how to answer. Will I… Read more »
Posts By: Nicky Marr
Keeping the Faith with Humanists
There is a quote on my fridge from American writer Kurt Vonnegut. It’s a bit food-stained and fading but I can still make it out; it reads, “I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.” If I was… Read more »
Standing up for women.
Better for Balance Better for Balance is the theme for International Women’s Day 2019, and I am proudly supporting it. I am adding my voice to the many millions of others, male and female from across the globe, who are standing up for the right of women to be equal to men. I am glad… Read more »
Motorhome life is magic…
Last autumn Mr Marr and I got an offer we couldn’t refuse; the chance to drive a motorhome around the north of Scotland. Motorhome life was something we thought we might try after we had retired, and this would give us a taster. We blanked a long weekend out of our diaries and got the… Read more »
Bring Shamima home. She was only 15…
Do you remember being 15? If I’ve got my sums right, I was in fourth year at school and absolutely, impossibly head-over-heels in love with entirely the wrong boy. A decent guitar player and a passionate fan of The Beatles, he believed he was the next John Lennon. When John Lennon was shot, he began… Read more »
Absolutely *not* my Favourite…
…despite winning big at Bafta. It’s awards season – a time for frocks and faux-pas, tuxedos and Twitter gaffes and making a list of ‘things to watch’. Hot on the heels of last month’s Golden Globes, Sunday night was Bafta and Grammy night, and it won’t be long till we are treated to the Oscars…. Read more »
It’s people who count, not policies.
It is rare that I am moved to tears by anything other than Call the Midwife, but the good news from Beauly mum Roz Paterson caused me to ‘get something in my eye’ as I was scrolling through Facebook last week. In case you missed it, Roz was diagnosed last summer with an aggressive form… Read more »
A LITTLE GREEN OWL COULD HELP PROMOTE GAELIC…
I’m celebrating. I’ve just completed a 21-day streak with Duolingo, a language-learning app that is reminding me of the German I was taught at school. I’m a bit of a late adopter, but having finally got started, I can now see what Duolingo’s other 300 million users worldwide are raving about. So far it’s easy,… Read more »
Over-tourism? Here’s an idea…
We adopted Slow Food, are we ready for Slow Adventure? Set up in 1980s Italy, the Slow Food movement promoted eating more thoughtfully; thinking about where food comes from and preserving regional traditions, flavours and ingredients. It was the antidote to fast food. Had the word ‘mindfulness’ been around in the 80s it might very… Read more »
Posh trains to the north? Nice, but not enough.
I was in Edinburgh last week. Wednesday morning saw me waiting on a busy Haymarket platform 2 waiting to catch the 8.38 home to Inverness. I catch that train a lot, and for three reasons. First, it’s direct, meaning I don’t have to wait in the wind-tunnel of Perth Station. Second, it tends to be… Read more »