Monthly Archives: May 2020

Car Culture: Fall of the Giants

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Grouse Beater

A weekly look at what sucks in our car world, plus some good bits UK car production all but stopped last month. Only 197 vehicles were produced, an unheard of figure since cars moved from horse and carriage to bespoke … Continue reading →

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Churchill in Dundee

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Grouse Beater

Whenever a journalist writes a piece on Churchill’s stint as Liberal MP for Dundee – research unearths a skip-full of identikit articles, shallow and derivative – one aspect is mentioned without fail. They begin or end with the loaded statement … Continue reading →

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Car Culture: Dicing Dyson

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Grouse Beater

Your weekly look at what sucks in our world of cars, plus some good bits There are so many clever and socially conscious people in the world who make our lives better and yet here I am, just as Margaret … Continue reading →

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The Rise of the SNP

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Grouse Beater

I was certain we would lose the first independence referendum, so certain that I placed a £100 bet in William Hill at 7 to 1, to win the vote. I did the patriotic thing, the futile sacrifice. And why not, … Continue reading →

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Car Culture: Pandemic Imponderables

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Grouse Beater

Your weekly look at what sucks in our car culture, plus some good things What has been happening in our world of automobiles since the pandemic lock-down? For one thing there are far fewer of them on the road, which … Continue reading →

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The Assistant – a review

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Grouse Beater

Depraved behaviour, with the Harvey Weinstein trial in New York seeing the movie mogul jailed for 23 years, a second trial soon to be held in Los Angeles on new charges, The Assistant is a perfectly timed, highly topical study … Continue reading →

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Bercow Bitchin’

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Grouse Beater

I liked John Bercow as Speaker of the House of Commons. You need only compare him to Sir Lindsay Hoyle his anodyne, lugubrious, gloomy successor to see Bercow is a star. He is a guy at the opposite end of … Continue reading →

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