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WHAT’S happening in the beef market?

There’s an image of Banksy’s that I used as my screensaver for a while, and it came to mind again this week.

THE Government’s failure to come up with detailed proposals for future policy has been identified as the greatest threat facing Scottish farming.

I READ on LinkedIn this morning that ‘community’ seems to be on its way to be the word of the year.

WHEN driving up Strath A’an near Tomintoul on December 30 a stoat in white winter coat suddenly whisked across the road in front of my car.

LAST week the Scottish Government published its draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition plan.

You’ll have heard the news then? One of two new green freeports for Scotland will be in the Cromarty Firth and Inverness area.

“The Kessock Bridge is closed due to a police incident”. How often have those words been shared recently?

I HATE the phrase ‘good riddance’, but I’ll not be sorry to see the back of 2022.

The last person I expected to see on press night at Eden Court’s panto was a man who had been murdered the night before.

I DIDN’T mean to watch the final of the World Cup on Sunday afternoon

I LIKE to wait till December is in double figures before starting to get ready for Christmas.

It’s that time of the year where we find out 2022’s official Words of the Year.

These days I can measure someone’s happiness by how long they have left on their fixed-rate mortgage.

That’s it – my garden recycling bin has been filled to bursting for the final time this year.

On Monday morning, Dolly Parton was trending on Twitter, and that cold pang of fear struck.

As a student I worked in restaurants – we all did, didn’t we?

Journalism Matters by John McLellan

It doesn’t matter how old your children are; as a parent you never really stop worrying about them.

In several of the coaching sessions I have conducted recently, the issue of imposter syndrome has arisen.