I wasn’t alive when JFK was shot, but I’ll never forget where I was when I heard that Elvis was dead. We were on a family holiday near Achmelvich, staying in what was known rather grandly as ‘the chalet’. In reality it was a one-room static caravan with a tiny loo and shower, but it… Read more »
Posts Categorized: HNM Column
Gender pay equality, and more, at the BBC.
Maybe it’s because I have worked in the media for so long but I wasn’t as surprised as everyone else last week to hear that Chris Evans was the highest paid presenter at the BBC, and that he earns over £2million a year. Is this really news? It might be the first time we’ve had… Read more »
This place? It gets under your skin.
The thing about the north of Scotland is that it gets under your skin. And it seems to suck people in, regardless of background or age. From the tranquillity of the islands in the heart of Inverness, to the majesty of the Cairngorms, there is beauty at every turn. Where better to walk on a… Read more »
The tragedy of Charlie Gard.
There’s a lot in the news that I can happily gloss over – political point-scoring, financial shenanigans and most of what is happening in sport. But the Charlie Gard story has gripped me in the same way that it has gripped every parent. And it is inescapable. If it’s not in the headlines, his parents… Read more »
What are our kids missing? Freedom!
When you’re in the thick of them the school years seem to last forever, and not just when you are a kid, but when you are a parent too. It was Mr Marr’s job throughout our girls’ 17 years at nursery and school to get them up, ready and out of the door, usually in… Read more »
Blowy Borders 150 miles by bike & Rally Round Rona!
If you had asked me last week whether it would be meteorologically possible to be cycling into a head wind for all but about a mile and a half of a 150 mile round trip route I’d have scoffed and told you ‘of course not!’ But that was before we cycled The Four Abbeys route… Read more »
On holiday – and on holiday from rolling news too. Bliss.
We’re just back from a two week family holiday, and we chose well. We chose well in terms of our location – Lemnos is a fertile Greek island in the north Aegean, producing amazing cheeses, wines and local honey. Those three products came together to dazzling effect in a tiny beach restaurant near the main… Read more »
Inverness. Time to stop talking and start acting.
The Inverness Courier organised a public meeting last week to help progress their agenda to Reinvent the City Centre. If you’ve seen a copy of The Inverness Courier in recent months (and you may very well be holding one as you read this) you can’t have failed to notice the campaign. Each issue carries fresh… Read more »
Our wannabe Royals could learn from the Dutch…and jobs for boys?
I’m a sucker for a wedding. We’re in a bit of a dry patch at the moment as far as invitations go, but in the absence of real life invitations there are always fictional weddings to keep me going; hurry up Lilian and Justin from The Archers! And of course, there are occasional royal weddings… Read more »
Two full MOTs. Garage for the car, NHS for me :)
We had the car MOT’d a couple of weeks back. It’s a reliable wee runner but it still cost us a couple of hundred quid – we needed new tyres and wiper blades, but we happily coughed up. I know nothing (and care less) about how cars work, and have been known to turn up… Read more »