Alan Simpson

It is a traditional part of summer for many and guarantees a good day of enjoyment for all concerned.

THE 16th-century Renaissance sculptor and artist Michelangelo is one of the greatest cultural figures of all time and millions of tourists descend on Florence every year to marvel at his works of art.

IT is about a foot and a half in length, is heavily stained, smells a bit and would almost certainly ignite in an inferno if it went within about a mile of a naked flame.

THERE’s been much wailing and gnashing of teeth this week after the humble Dundee cake was dragged into the ever more ridiculous and tedious culture wars.

In recent times, there seems to have been a rush to out-hyperbole each other when it comes to climate change.

'You need to be racist to think this is acceptable; you wouldn’t do it for any other reason than to make a childish point about the “snowflake culture"'

Mike Russell also said he does not think independence can be achieved “right now”.

Dr Richard Beeching gets a bit of a bad rap sometimes. Well he gets a bad rap pretty much all of the time after his controversial railway cuts instigated in the 1960’s.

IT’S fair to say the last month has seen a pretty mixed bag of weather with snow, sun, wind and rain all arriving around the same time on any given day.

BACK in the day, Dick Dastardly and his trusted sidekick Muttley illuminated Saturday mornings with their antics taking part in Wacky Races.