Monthly Archives: February 2019

Car News: No Licence Needed

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Grouse Beater

A weekly look at all that sucks in the automotive industry, and some good bits Friendly by name, friendly by nature Lay aside the unprepossessing orange and black cubist box. This is the Citroen AMI ONE, probably the slowest concept … Continue reading →

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Roma – a review

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Grouse Beater

Roma is a black and white memory belonging to the distinguished writer-director Alfonso Cuarón’s childhood. It is set in the Mexico City of the tumultuous 1970s. He directs, writes and is also behind the camera framing every shot. There are … Continue reading →

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Car News: Amazon Goes Leccy

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Grouse Beater

A weekly look at all that sucks in the automotive industry, and some good bits Just as the BBC and UK commercial channels had a convulsion when they heard Amazon and Netflix were moving into the arena of programmes on … Continue reading →

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David Douglas

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Grouse Beater

An occasional series about eminent Scots unjustly forgotten or ignored It has not occurred to me to write about plant hunter David Douglas because I’d already written about another plantsman who lived closer to our age, the redoubtable George Forrest, … Continue reading →

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Car Culture: Vanity Plates

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Grouse Beater

A weekly look at all that sucks in the automotive industry, and some good bits If I was a dictator I’d close down the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency. (DVLA.) Recently I’ve had two spats with the agency that saw me … Continue reading →

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Harvesting Scotland

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Grouse Beater

How the Highlands and Lowlands were exploited to make rich men richer and Scotland subservient It is remarkable how land described as impoverished and infertile happens to hold vast riches for the few when it is freed of the many … Continue reading →

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Car News: Giving Up Your Car

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Grouse Beater

A weekly look at all that sucks in the car industry, and some good bits Over years of car ownership I’ve rarely hankered for the new, preferring instead to buy used and keep what I have in good order for … Continue reading →

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The Mule – a review

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Grouse Beater

If Clint Eastwood is a master of anything it has to be nurturing his image carefully decade by decade. Here he is at the end of his professional life playing a doddery old codger who gets on the wrong side … Continue reading →

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