Monthly Archives: August 2026
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Posted: August 17, 2026Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »With the rest of the UK under endless umbrella of dry and astonishingly hot weather the call of Scotland is something to behold. The weather in both the nation’s capital and the second city Glasgow is, well let’s say Scottish. The temperature is 16° degrees cooler than the embattled south. Last week was the day of the emergency voice message and text on the dangers of wildfires, but Scottish weather...
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Posted: August 12, 2026Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »My missus says that when I playing tennis I run like a baby hippo. Now I’m over 6 foot and nobody would describe me as an elegant mover, but it’s a bit rich as I am pretty fast, dodgy knee allowing! But if you are interested in baby hippos in general then you will be as excited as I am with the news that there is a new arrival at Edinburgh and it is a baby pygmy hippopotamus. The new calf was born...
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Posted: August 06, 2026Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »It’s been awhile since I last had to sit an exam but unfortunately it isn’t the case for Scottish school children who got their exam results this week. The results for results for National, Higher and Advanced Higher exams were for the most part good news. Naturally these days female students did better than the boys, but there was plenty of success on the male side too and a record number of young...
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Posted: August 05, 2026Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Have you been watching the curious, but charming telly series Drops of God on AppleTV? It’s the story of a deranged Frenchman who pits two strangers against each other for his multi-million dollar wine collection and it’s in English, French and Japanese and you know what it works. It’s full of twists and turns and is really a thriller wrapped up in a love of wine. I even learned a new word, oenophile...
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Posted: August 04, 2026Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »The 2012 London Olympic games saw what looked like Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II parachuting down from a helicopter in Danny Boyles’ remarkable opening event and this year’s Commonwealth Games saw King Charles and Queen Camilla emerge blinking from Doctor Who’s Tardis at the beginning of the competition. And a giant flying Tunnock’s teacake was the closing part of the opening ceremony. I wish...
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Posted: August 03, 2026Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Do you have a bucket list, the outrageous ideas of what you should be packing into life? Is it hang gliding off a Monro, scuba diving off the Great Barrier Reef, or checking out Pompeii all alone with just a guide? I think I might have given myself away on the last as that’s on my bucket list. But when you get to the age of 99 not out the wishes are a bit more temperate. One resident of that great...
