By Barb Taub, posted in Barb’s Commentary Tuesday 21 September 2021 “A DEMONSTRATION,” SAID THE TEXT. “BRING A POSTER AND WEAR BLACK.” See, that’s what happens when you seriously annoy people from my generation. We’ve already had experience with protests—we’ve marched for equality, boycotted grapes, and laid down in front of tanks. And we vote. …
Alex Meets Donald – An Unlikely Tale of Two Leaders An amusing short story sent into the Voice by one of our very talented readers! When Alex Salmond was a wee boy he loved reading about Scottish kings and queens. He was incensed by the act of Union in 1745 and vowed that one day …
Eating in the UK in the 1950s Sent in by one Voice for Arran reader. Pasta had not been invented. Curry was a surname. A takeaway was a mathematical problem. A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower. Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time. All crisps were plain; the only choice …