Month: February 2016

  • Photography

    I’ve been busy since getting a Canon EOS 700D. It’s been an interesting experience, in learning how all of this works: The holy quadrangle of exposure: ISO aperture shutter speed lighting Compressing space with high-power zooms and long-exposure times. Composition theory, areas of interest and guiding the eye. How this fits together to get what…

  • Taxation

    Tax is back on the agenda at Holyrood. This is a good thing. I’ve never understood why taxation is looked upon as a great evil which must be avoided at all costs. Taxes are the only way that a society can meaningfully function. It is the price we pay to live in a society worth a damn:…

  • Edinburgh People’s Festival – Burns on the Beach

    Had a braw time at the Edinburgh People’s Festival event – intended to welcome the great contribution that migrants and refugees make to Scottish society. It was a terrific night. A roaring fire, friendship, guests, dancing, music, poetry, song. And free haggis, soup, trifle, stovies, mulled wine, juice, and a dram. And unusually perfect weather…