The Scottish Enlightenment had worldwide effects last time around. Fingers crossed for this time.

Nooooooo.

Then you’d probably love it now.

If you have half an hour to spare, spend it here

Bagpuss is fucking excellent, as were all the Peter Firmin/Oliver Postgate creations. I have a microwaveable wheatbag Bagpuss that I never use because I can’t bring myself to put Bagpuss in the microwave.

Pete

I love mango, but it’s not even in the top 10 best fruits.

Or, disgruntled staffer, thoroughly pissed off with the mendacity of the whole lot of them, did it deliberately.

Beauty Pie’s glycolic foot peel is good.

Beauty Pie’s glycolic foot peel is good.

Why is any of it?

Tomorrow is my fiftieth birthday. Come on America, do it for me.

The first sentence of that statement gave me one of the biggest hollow laughs of my life. The Sun is a misogynist racist piece of hate-mongering shit, and couldn’t give a damn about women or abuse victims.

“You shall not pass!” followed by three shots from a Walther PPK?

Those remarks are abhorrent.

The Scottish International Education Trust.

I read that it was Barbara Broccoli who insisted that they cast Connery on the grounds he was hot like fire.

Yes, that’s true. Fleming was so impressed with Connery’s Bond that he gave Bond Scottish ancestry in the subsequent books.

That’s such a good film.

Kate Middleton’s family background is middle class, not upper class.

The poors wouldn’t spend that money on a bag, if they suddenly had it.