I imagine the first entry on the How To Be A Sheriff checklist would be this:
1: Remember to turn up for court when you’re meant to.
Therefore, this sheriff is really gonna be in the Bad Books with the Scottish Court Service…
Category: Scotland
Your side, or mine?
Feel like going fishing?
Well, if you want to go and fish in the River Esk, which is mainly in Scotland, you’ll have to apply for a fishing licence from the Environment Agency in England.
Bit confusing, so there’s a test case coming up on the 10th September…
I’m not quite sure
Why anyone would think that allowing the Scottish Government to be involved in the running of the National Library of Scotland would be a good idea?
Seriously?
How exactly could putting a sprawling body with no particular expertise in managing Scottish heritage in charge of the NLS and NMS be a better idea than having those areas managed by experts and professionals in the field, with massive amounts of experience and understanding?
*Facepalm*
Being a proper book geek
Yes, I am going wild, and gallivanting out of my library nest to…a bookshop.
More specifically, an event run by the Edinburgh Bookshop on March 3rd, to celebrate the launch of Alexander McCall Smiths’ new Number One Ladies Detective Agency book, “The Double Comfort Safari Club”.
Although I do like his books, this isn’t an outing for me: it’s actually an important mission on behalf of someone else, who loves his books, but lives on slightly the wrong continent to actually get to meet the author, or have him deface….erm…sign a book for them.
So adventuring I shall go…and I have a spare ticket reserved…anyone wanna join me?
Dumpling in a Hanky 