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It is the beginning of April and, here in the Cairngorms, the beginning of lambing. Everyone up here knows about the notorious ‘lambing snows’: that …

…M. I’ve had ‘Mervyn’ before, every variation of ‘Mary’ and even ‘Melon’. (I kid you not.) But never sported a beard. Evidently a much-loved accessory …

Atop the cnoc, the moon is new And scooping swifts adorn The inky blue. Catriona

…making. ‘Match-maker, match-maker, make me a maaaaaatch…’ If not to tart yourself around the trading floor, then, why go to London Book Fair? Lots of …

…bouncing in, others saying that this was a huge step. It can be a challenge to get baby-sitting, to make the time, to believe in …

…favour – ‘crap’, ‘poo’, ‘pucky’ – just don’t cut it because they don’t carry the requisite degree of disgust. And disgust is the word, folks. …

…of the World. One child returned with these words on his paper: To see, to hear, to touch, to taste, to smell, to move, to …

…road – can you believe it? Why? Why do people do it?” “Laziness,” I suggest. “Some people just don’t care and can’t be bothered.” The …

“I don’t believe it!” Duncan cries, peering through his binoculars (or ‘bins’, as he calls them. I’m learning the lingo.) “Is that them?” Who? What? …