‘I’m afraid I’m seldom kind when it comes to writing,’ he once confessed. In this collection of his letters, both the man and the writer
Day: October 17, 2021
HEALTH MATTERS: Nurses balloted over possible industrial action in pay dispute
Royal College of Nursing members rejected the government’s pay rise offer The Royal College of Nursing is balloting members industrial action. By Lucy Ashton Nurses
PARLIAMENT: Jackie Baillie MSP PAYS TRIBUTE TO MURDERED MP SIR DAVID AMESS
Dumbarton Labour MSP Jackie Baillie today paid tribute to Sir David Amess, the Conservative MP for Southend, who was so brutally murdered at his constituency
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: It seems to be part of human nature to look for the easy way out
By Canon Gerry Conroy The Gospel passage today prompted me to ask if Jesus ever got fed up with the disciples? We all lose it
BOOKS: GLASGOW’S MAN OF LETTERS
Author and ex-Herald Diary writer Tom Shields shows us his Glasgow Sharing a joke with Kathleen, the barmaid at Wintergills. By Tom Shields My family