March 2009
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It’s years since I’ve been in Alva…I’d forgotten how spectacular the setting is, with the Ochils soaring behind the town. Fine day, too. Tremendous enthusiasm here at Alva Academy for the show – three school bands are set to perform, we have a quiz between teachers and pupils and some other teachers are being sent…
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This was mentioned, somewhat sniffily, by Ed Stourton on this morning’s Today Programme (Radio Four: the wife insists). But then, he isn’t in it. Perhaps he wasn’t up for wearing a posing pouch. Sure beats a red nose… It’s part of an experiment conducted by the programme on so-called viral marketing. It’s a bit clumsy…
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It was a brutal old day yesterday (Sunday), with 80mph winds and enormous seas crashing onto the Zetlandics. With an offshore wind, the top of the cliffs at Eshaness was no place to venture from the car, or even stay for long. A Citroen C4 was probably safe enough, but I wouldn’t like to have…
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Right, that’s the Sunday Herald Diary (aka Tom Morton’s Week) off to the subs and I can concentrate on writing for free… Last night’s first film in the adaptation of David Peace’s Red Riding books, has been hailed by foaming-mouthed TV critics as brilliant beyond belief. These people are clearly wrong. What’s more, they didn’t…
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It’s been weird this week. I’m doing the Sunday Herald diary, as Alan Taylor’s stand-in (have been for almost seven years) but the format has been changed, and now it’s a ‘My Week’ (but not ‘My Weekly’) kind of thing, a day by day dissection of life chez Morton, and the wider world from my…
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I am kind to our chickens. Or hens, as Monty Halls was sternly informed “we call them up here” during last night’s Escape To River Cottage (North) Only With a Marine Commando And His Demented Dog on the telly. Alas, our hens do not repay that kindness. Failing to lay eggs and, despite being fed…
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According to Norrie (cheers!) and The Sunday Mail (Billy Sloan) Springsteen is to play Hampden on July 14th. Which means a potential expenditure for the dedicated live music fan of, oh, lots. Because you could very possibly go to Ry Cooder/Nick Lowe/Flaco Jimenez (9/10 July)T in the Park (10/11/12 July) and then Springsteen the same…
