A WEED OUT OF CONTEXT

“There is no such thing as a weed. Weeds are just plants growing in the wrong place”. So said Angus McBeard, the huge and hairy owner of our local garden centre “Thistles and Thorns”. I had simply asked him what...

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The grumpy old men’s club

We meet every month for a meal at the Curmudgeon Hotel. We are all men of a certain age, silver haired, distinguished in our own eyes and pompously prejudiced. We take it in turns to sound off about our own selfish certainties...

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