Day: January 2, 2008

The Colonial is holding a benefit on Burns’ Night (my town recently embraced the Celtic way, after a kilt shop moved to town and alerted everyone to the fact that Scots know how to party. We don’t look like it, but believe me, we do!). It features a local distillery expert, the proprietor of the… Continue reading Whiskey, Cheese and Chocolate

One of my favourite authors has shuffled off, at the age of 82, hopefully to better things. George MacDonald Fraser is probably most famous for writing the wonderful Flashman novels (set in the heyday of the British Empire. Satirical, historical, hysterical). But he was just a great writer, writing everything from serious but engaging history,… Continue reading George MacDonald Fraser RIP