Tag: scotland
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A Modest Proposal: The Scottish Premier Superleague
Scotland has always been a nation of innovators.We gave the world penicillin, television, and the deep‑fried haggis ball.So why not gift the world our next great breakthrough:a Premier Superleague consisting of exactly two teams, Rangers and Celtic, locked in eternal, city‑levelling combat. It’s not punishment.It’s enrichment.For them.For us.For the emergency services. After all, no other…
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3 Good Things Vol. 1 (10/05/26)
Let’s get into a nice routine. On Sundays, I’m going to share three things I have enjoyed in the past week. They could be anything; just stuff that has, as Marie Kondo might say, sparked joy. They also don’t have to be new or recent, so long as I’ve enjoyed them this week. Thing 1:…
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The Distance We Carry
The story bends north long before I arrive,a woman carrying four childrenas far from harm as she can manage,finding Thurso at the edge of what’s possible.My dad grows up in that far light,learns the sea’s voice, leaves when work demands it.Years later, I come for my own reasons,thinking I’m starting from somewhere else,and feel the…
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Decommissioning Caithness
Dounreay dismantled, piece by piece,reactors hushed, the glow at peace.Steel and concrete, stripped with care,a future planned in thinning air. And in the town, the same routine:doors shut quiet, streets go lean.Not radiation, but resignation,a slow embrace of ruination. They decommission shops like rods,pubs like turbines, hopes like gods.Every closure signed and stamped,as if decline…