1. Paisley Observatory Built by the Coats family in 1883, and gifted to Paisley Buddies, it’s not just stunning but you can climb the stone steps into the dome and be treated to views of the moon, Jupiter or Saturn’s rings. The best thing is that your hosts are the very knowledgeable and fantastically enthusiastic […]

One of my favourite things in life is music. There is nothing quite like making music en masse, and Glasgow City Chorus is performing the Missa Solemis on Sunday 3oth November in the City Halls. The second soprano section in particular is quite marvellous (not that I’m biased). There have been various studies reporting the effect of […]

Hail the designer vagina. While I was busy thinking that cosmetic surgeons were still sucking fat from hips and erasing bags from under eyes, I have missed the latest money-making trend. Two professors of uro-gynaecology at King’s College London recently observed that women are seeking surgical procedures to improve their intimate aesthetic appearances. Writing in […]

It may be summer, but doctors are already ordering stocks of vaccine ready for the flu season. The NHS pours a lot of money and effort into its annual drive to vaccinate as many people in the high-risk groups as possible, and it has a pretty decent record of doing so. So there’s a good […]