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Helical
A glorious early autumn day, after a walk on Aberdour beach we called in by the Kelpies, got the only free car park space (thank you to Grandma Lil, who exerts her influence from upstairs at times like these). Despite the pylons and power lines, there are an infinite number of photo opportunities, although it…
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Beggar’s mantle
If you haven’t already gathered, we live in the Kingdom of Fife, which King James VI described as “beggar’s mantle fringed wi’ gowd”, a reference to the fishing and trading villages of the coast. Whilst it’s a handy and memorable phrase, especially in terms of the economics prevalent at the time, it has been superseded. Not…
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Reception on board Britannia
Last night I was honoured to attend the reception hosted by the Consul General of Russia in Scotland, Andrey Pritsepov, on board the Royal Yacht Britannia, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first Arctic Convoy, Dervish. Surviving veterans and recipients of the Ushakov medal, Russia’s highest naval award, were guests of honour. I have…
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Days, out
And to start with, this daft as a (paint) brush video from the much missed Kirsty MacColl, I’m assuming any similarity to Mary Poppins is intended. 80s cover of a Kinks number. On Friday after another Fringe show in yet another venue which turned out to be nowhere near its box office, we were upstairs…
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No singularity
I just looked up singularity and it so does not mean what I thought it did, but get this:- Mathematical singularity, a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined or not “well-behaved”, for example infinite or not differentiable. If the thought of a badly behaved mathematical object doesn’t make you smile on…