Moreen Simpson: Three adults, one lunch and no fairy godmother
Fit next? This pandemic is fair diggin’ in. Plunged into lockdown in March, most of us thought it would all be over by summer – autumn at worst.
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Moreen Simpson: This kind of protocol only masks the true reality
It's been a week of Covid firsts. First time at the dentist since October, having missed my six-month check-up and hygienist rake-oot in April.
Moreen Simpson: Rabbits, the royals and a romance that never was
There may not be a Braemar Gathering tomorrow, but Her Maj seems to have had a superb gatherin’ of her ain folk over the past week.
Scott Begbie: New normal must be embraced so the old one can make return
A minor miracle has happened... I had my first normal weekend since lockdown.
Frank Gilfeather: Nessie and Narcissus meet Bigfoot and bull-in-a-china-shop Boris
Donald Trump Jr, eyes superglued to the autocue, cracked a joke at the Republican Party convention along the lines that his dad’s opponent in November’s US presidential election – Joe Biden – is like the Loch Ness Monster; he pops his head up every now and again to run for president.
Moreen Simpson: Let’s give huge round of applause to members of Save Bon Accord Baths
I am excited, but also infuriated. Monday’s Evening Express brought me the great news of plans to stage an open day in our beloved Bon Accord Baths to mark its 80th anniversary.
Moreen Simpson: Shell shock after finding creature in watering can
I wonder if most of the rest of the UK is having a right good laugh at Aberdeen.
Moreen Simpson: Domestic bliss when beloved cleaner returned was short lived
On Tuesday, I was in Seventh Heaven. After 14 long weeks of lockdown isolation from my greatest luxury, it was returned to me today.
Moreen Simpson: Telly junk-food deadline is wasted on fatsos like me
Well, at least I’m bang on trend. There’s BoJo urging us overweighters to lose five pounds in a bid to save the NHS a whopping £100 million over the next five years, as he launches his Better Health Campaign.
Moreen Simpson: Hairdresser has her work cut out with this princess
How should I put this? Let’s go with Fred Flintstone’s: Ya-ba-da-ba-doo!
Frank Gilfeather: Tone-deaf divas take me back to my days as a rock ‘n’ roll star
Qualified though I am, there will be no application from me to participate in a new BBC TV show which needs bad singers.
Frank Gilfeather: A piggy-back from Big Jack, lengthy interview and ‘Irish champagne’
In my TV days I once called Jack Charlton with an invitation to be the subject of a lengthy interview on his career as a Leeds United and England defender.
Moreen Simpson: OAPs up in arms at Prof’s post-lockdown suggestion
Too be, or not to be... two metres from the gadgie next to you?
Moreen Simpson: Goodbye to old friend I’m happy to see the pack of!
I reckon I can finally say farewell to an old, old friend.
Moreen Simpson: Seeing the toots at last but regretting that burger
What a lockdown-easing delight of a weekend. Like thousands of others in Scotland, I came finally face-to-face (but nae too close) to my nearest and dearest, after three months of virtual contact.
Moreen Simpson: Lord of the ear-ring made sure there was no washout
Eighteen months in the planning (and panicking) and finally - last Saturday - my quine's wedding.
Frank Gilfeather: Time to park indy idea for a few years
New figures show that mortgage arrears in Aberdeen have trebled since the downturn in the oil and gas industry.
Victor-y could still elude ZZ
No way would I try to tell you that when Real Madrid play Deportivo La Coruña at the Bernabéu tomorrow it isn't Zinedine Zidane who is THE story.