Stirling Observer - Comment - Editor's Blog

Help us give kids a better Christmas

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

NORMALLY I might apologise for mentioning Christmas when we are barely into November.

Why are we last to know of power line decision?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

IT has been widely reported this week that the Scottish Government has made up its mind on the Beauly to Denny power line - but it is waiting for an opportune moment to go public.

Soldier story is the only reality TV

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

TELEVISION is the ultimate escapism. But every now and again it brings us as face to face with brutal reality as we are ever reasonably going to come.

Stirling strikes the right balance

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

RADIO Scotland’s Graham Stewart yesterday described many Scottish town centres as “ghost towns” in his Morning Extra phone-in show.

10 things to do with an old copy of the Stirling Observer

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

EARLIER this week, I got talking to an older reader in the checkout queue at Tesco, writes ALISON LOWSON

New project really is the bees knees

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

EVER since I read that the worrying decline in bee numbers was somehow linked to the decline of Planet Earth I’ve been looking to do something to help.

Observer poll gets Holyrood politicians talking

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

OUR website has certainly been setting tongues wagging at Holyrood this week.

Kitchen secrets of my Gran’s generation

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

DURING the Second World War my late, lamented gran, her three sisters and all seven of their children moved back into their grandparents’ house while their respective husbands fought overseas.

Virtual doctor saved trip to GP surgery

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

I USED nhs24.com for the first time last week ... and was mightily impressed by the speed and efficiency of the whole process.

What really makes us Scottish

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

SIFTING through thousands of emails this week, I came across this little gem entitled “A pure dead give-away that you’re Scottish”.

Head’s up on City’s very own Iron Lady

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

AS part of my on-going efforts to get out and about, I took up Dr Elspeth King’s kind invitation to visit the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum.

Castle project will be crowning glory

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

ONE of the nicest things about taking over the reins at the Observer is that I’ve received dozens of kind invitations to get out and about to see the City.

Charity shop cash is beating cancer

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

IN Wednesday’s Observer we ran a story about Stirling’s two Cancer Research UK shops raising more than £3,000,000 since they opened in Murray Place more than 20 years ago.

Standing up to threats of Sudan’s fashion police

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

WHAT are you wearing today?

I’m back playing for the home team

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

TAKING over the reins at the Stirling Observer has filled me with excitement and trepidation in equal measures.

Stories about what YOU have achieved are what make me feel most proud

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

NOTHING else quite replicates that feeling when, sometimes against all the odds, that last story is slotted into the page and an editor gets his paper “put to bed”.

Bankers are getting away with it – all over again!

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

JUST when you think that we’ve learned lessons from the excesses of Sir Fred Goodwin and his fat cat pals, up pops another mind-boggling story of a banker’s over-inflated remuneration.

Variety’s the key for a weekend to remember

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

SPENT last Friday with a well-known sporting family in Dunblane – no, not you know who, but the rugby-playing McKenzies!

We’ve all got to work hard to maintain a sense of community in our daily lives

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

FULL marks to all the shops and businesses who have been taking part in the Observer’s Shop Local campaign.

Definition of a Scot?

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

WHAT does it mean to be a Scot? There’s an interesting answer to that question doing the rounds.