My dad would have been 100 this year. He JUST managed service in the navy in World War 2. Time for us to stop wallowing in history and concentrate on the present. In my experience, that's exactly what those who experienced WW2 did when they rebuilt the country in the 1950s and 1960s.

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It's 2026 and every street corner still looks like it was painted by Gustave Caillebotte in 1880, especially at this time of year.

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I manoeuvred someone who worked for me down the redundancy route, as he often wrote "would/could/should of" in reports and emails. Got him out with under two years' service too, so no redundancy cost either. Should of done it even sooner.

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Another one of those mystery planula larva in my sample last week. I’m convinced it’s a sponge planula, but I can’t be 100%. #marineplankton 🦑🔬

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1. Seeing Alex Massie mocking an MSP for proposing to employ a freelance artist to benefit their constituency struck me as representative of these times. The ability to mock is free, but anyone with an awareness of culture in Scotland surely understands that...

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