November 2007

Got kids who would rather sit in front of a computer screen playing Guild Wars than go for a bracing stroll through bog and down marshland? Want to inspire in them an appreciation of the great outdoors, while catering for their gadget freakery? or for that matter, your own? I have the solution. It is…

This was forwarded to me by Fraser, one of the show’s American listeners. As I said yesterday on air, this wonderful tree would not survive 30 seconds in a house incorporating a St Bernard’s tail.

Posted by Chris Dooks to my Facebook Funwall….not a video, but a clip from a radio programme in Ireland. The girl ‘phoning is apparently eight years old…

My first attempt at mobile phone blogging. This was the view from my bedroom window at 7.50 am today.

And, this freezing cold Monday night, which band should that pianist have been playing in?

Thanks to the fine Scotland on TV website, you can now watch the first episode of the Spirit of Adventure TV series (Orkney, Highland Park, Scapa and much more) by going to the Experience home page at the SoTV website.

Discombobulated is not the word. Actually, discombobulated is rarely a word worth using as it’s so difficult to spell. Anyway, I’m disorientated (some say disoriented, but that’s WRONG)dizzy and unsteady on my feet, not because of drink (don’t jump to conclusions) but last night’s boat trip north from Aberdeen. It was a corker. Severe gale…

Here we have the Scotland shirt worn by Amy W at her Barrowlands gig in Glasgow last Saturday, caught by regular listener Brian when she threw it into the audience and(it’s a kids size, XXL) now the proud posession of his wee daughter. Signed, too! Here’s the email Brian sent to the show: I went…

Seven pubs, we tried to get into on Saturday night, in order to watch the football in, like, a communally cultural context. No chance. Not in the vicinity of Byres Road Bohemia, anyway. So it was a quiet pint in the Lismore and a wander back to Havelock Street as the game ended, updated by…

The special Children in Need Radio Cafe/Tom Morton Show came live from the Beeb’s brand spanking new HQ at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, and I think it all came together in the end, despite some scary moments. Guests included Wet Wet Wet (Marti’s star power REALLY came over) The Proclaimers, Runrig, Michelle McManus, Dropkick, Jackie Bird,…