North Korea Latest

As you know I like to keep up with events in Asia via the North Korean News Agency I had thought there might be something about the wee rehearsal they organised for World War 3 but alas I could find nothing. However I did find out what’s hot and what’s not on the DPRK music [...]

Totally Topical

As the blizzards continue unabated and the snow swirls around Bigrab Towers……

White Out!

It’s been great having my friend Alastair and his wife Ann staying over the weekend. However our itinerary was altered somewhat from the original plans. Although we made the planned, and very enjoyable lunch with friends on Saturday, the referees strike put paid to the Dumbarton game with Alloa. As it turns out the game [...]

Alternative Solution?

I see that the inevitable has happened and Dougie McDonald has resigned as a referee after admitting to being economical with the truth in dealings with Celtic boss Neil Lennon. On the resignation of Hugh Dallas over forwarding THAT email, I do wonder why they didn’t just move him to another office and pretend nothing [...]

Is the Euro Dead? (Or does it just smell funny?)

Of all the shotgun weddings and arranged marriages which have taken place in the EU, the joining together in a single currency was one of the most bold. The question is that with the various crises besetting economies in the Euro zone, will the idealism which heralded its introduction be enough to sustain the currency? [...]

Coming Soon to a Parliament Near You?

No editorial comment necessary. “The disappearance of the Soviet Union is the biggest catastrophe of my life” “I am not in favour of free speech”

Bigrab’s Whisky Recommendation – Springbank

At one time, Campbeltown in Kintyre, Argyll had more that thirty distilleries and was considered the whisky capital of the world. Now there are just three of which Springbank is the best known and last night at our whisky tasting group we had the pleasure of sampling some of their varied and interesting range. Those [...]

Lets Faith It

“Religion is a force for good in the world” was the title for a debate in Toronto yesterday between former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaking for the motion and intellectual journalist Christopher Hitchens speaking against it. Hitchens, currently undergoing chemotherapy for aggressive cancer was nonetheless in characteristic sparkling form and I simply could not [...]

The Wit and Wisdom of Tabloids

Aye. Remember “Gotcha”, “Freeddie Starr ate my Hamster”, “Phew Wot a Scorcher” and “It was the Sun wot done it”? Well it would seem that the tabloid press in Ireland take matters one step further. As the serious press wrestled with the fall out from the country’s banking crisis which has escalated into a disaster [...]

600,000

Some time tomorrow, this site will welcome its 600,000th visitor since January 2008. That’s no’ bad. Thanks everyone.