Pedal for Scotland 2011 early bird

This year’s entry is now open and early bird tickets are available for a cheaper price. You can register now. The 2011 ride is on Sunday 11 September. Fancy it?  I’m going to ride The Challenge Ride next year.  Come and join me. This year over 9000 participants saddled up for a fun and active Read More …

Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival

Now a regular on the arts scene, the 4th Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival has grown to become one of Scotland’s most valued cultural events with nearly 200 exciting and affordable events taking place across the country from 1-24 October to help challenge attitudes towards mental health through the arts. See what’s on Read More …

Done and Gone

Done I was delighted to hand in my completed dissertation today.  I’ll find out in the next couple of weeks if it has passed.  If it has, I’ll stick it up on the blog here so you can tell me how many mistakes there are in it.  This thing has taken over my life in Read More …

what did you vote for?

It’s been a while now since the General Election. The ConDem coalition seems to have settled in and the world hasn’t come to an end, at least not yet. What has been fascinating is the size, speed and range of political and economic reform that the new partnership wants to force through. The criticism of Read More …

busyness

It’s summertime.  A time when people go on holiday.  A time when people stop working for a week or two to rest and relax. The compilers of the lectionary have decided in their wisdom that Luke 10:38-42 should be our Gospel focus for this week, the story of Martha and Mary. The two sisters of Read More …

always available

My name is Stewart and I have a problem. Over at We Live Simply Jonathan is thinking about ‘downtime’. His thoughts really made me think. We probably all have a sense that we are more available than we used to be.  The mobile phone sorted that out.  But the smart phone has taken our availability Read More …