Political

I was talking to a friend today, a 60+yo man who has lived most of his life in Inverness. We got onto the subject of schooling and he told me he dropped out at 16 to get a job at the local supermarket. He then got a job at the local psychiatric hospital. Since he… Read more

Cameron Barracks sits on the well known bus route on Old Perth Road that I am familiar with from my commutes to my local university. I’ve never actually been inside, I have never even looked at the gate of the place. Though I am familiar with the busy road (it’s lined with trees and greenery).… Read more

In Oscar Wilde’s the Picture of Dorian Gray which was published in 1890 there is a memorable paragraph where Dorian’s friend Lord Henry goes to see his uncle in London (I’ll provide the quote from Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this blog post). The paragraph is memorable because it features a common conversation theme… Read more