Moreen Simpson: Facing fact I can’t mask mayhem of face covering
Damnt masks are driving me skite. Of course they’re vital for battling Covid and I’m well hacked off with folk who shun them. But I can’t seem to find one that’s right for me.
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Frank Gilfeather: Sir Geoff Hurst ahead of game in backing kids’ header ban
Had he been around today, Noel Coward might have had a new version of his song, Don’t Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs Worthington.
Scott Begbie: Putting your Christmas tree up in November is wrong
Christmas is a time for giving, so shop, eat and drink local and give them the chance to keep their heads above water. You can even buy a Christmas tree from them. Just don’t put it up until mid-December.
Frank Gilfeather: No seamless transition back to the old normal
Are we heading for a happy ending to the Covid-19 story?
Scott Begbie: A triumph of hope over hate for the entire world
As all the clips of people celebrating the dumping of Donald Trump popped up on my timeline, I thought “I’ve seen this before”.
Moreen Simpson: Let’s consult the people before overhauling city
At last, sense has prevailed. After weeks of protests from the beach-loving public, Aberdeen City councillors have U-turned.
Moreen Simpson: Brain-fade happens to the best of us Mr Biden
It can happen to anyone, often at the worst possible time.
Frank Gilfeather: Was Willie Young’s social media post offensive or crime against comedy?
Remember the Aberdeen nine? It’s just become 10.
Moreen Simpson: Go-kart laughs prompted an ‘accident’ at trackside
Up hands if you’re desperate for a roarin’ good laugh to cheer you up?
Moreen Simpson: Bad planning has seen us miss out on oil’s potential
It's like half a century is just yesterday away.
Frank Gilfeather: An open letter to Ms Sturgeon on curfew for bars and visit ban
Dear First Minister. I feel your pain. Those stiletto heels.
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.
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.
Scott Begbie: Aberdeen’s lockdown was bad for business but good for all our health
Welcome back Aberdeen… nice to see the Granite City opening up now the local lockdown is easing.
Scott Begbie: My wish for a dull and relaxing 60th year in a less dystopian world
This Friday at 7.25pm a momentous moment occurs... I will enter my 60th year.
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.
Scott Begbie: Sure signs lockdown hasn’t really changed my world that much
As lockdown eases it is so satisfying to get back out into the world to show off my toned physique.
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.
Moreen Simpson: Teepee birthday treat for Toots tempers holiday disappointment
You may have noticed I’ve been bangin’ on for a whilie about my holiday to Majorca.
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: Social distancing stories can have sting in the tale
Cheers! After our long Lockdown, the Neest’s bars and cafes were allowed to start serving us – strictly al fresco and 2m apart – on Monday.
Frank Gilfeather: Student cyclist rings up the miles, others don’t even have bells
We must assume Kleon Papadimitriou has the backside of a rhino – not in size, of course – but in toughness.
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?
Frank Gilfeather: Community talk a bit transparent when it’s said by big business
I have never fully appreciated the need for pubs, probably because my visits to them have been infrequent; rare, some might say.
Scott Begbie: How can we put this right? That’s what we need to ask ourselves
No one should be surprised the people of Aberdeen turned out in force when asked to stand up for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Frank Gilfeather: Councillors jumping ship means politics without the parties
Has the coronavirus lockdown muddled the minds of local politicians?