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Sam Neill’s Goldmine

Posted on April 11, 2026 by Grouse Beater

Sam Neill’s vineyard is located not far from the goldmine site. Photo: Aina J. Khan The much beloved actor of Jurassic Park and many another fine film, Sam Neill, is railing against the possibility of an open cast gold mine tearing … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart: Eating Shit

Posted on April 4, 2026 by Grouse Beater

Happy one-month anniversary of the Iran war! With the Strait of Hormuz still closed, Jon Stewart examines how global shortages are hitting everything from grain to helium to pickleballs. Meanwhile, Americans flood the streets for the No Kings protests while … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart: The Strait of Hormuz

Posted on March 22, 2026 by Grouse Beater

Trump’s war in the Middle East rages on, with Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz and Americans gearing up to face the infamous R-word: recession. FCC Chair Brendan Carr and feisty Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth aren’t happy with the news … Continue reading →

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Catamaran Saga

Posted on March 19, 2026 by Grouse Beater

Readers of this site will be familiar with the saga of procuring strong sea going catamarans a third of the price of conventional mono-hull ferries. As a back-of-the-hand slap in the face to a chronically short-sighted Scottish government paying hand-over-fist … Continue reading →

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How To Spot a Psychopath

Posted on March 15, 2026 by Grouse Beater

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller ‘Psycho’, more a joke than reality In her book, ‘Poisonous People‘, Brinke acknowledges that she has no idea how Donald Trump would score on the PCL-R checklist, but she suggests he has elevated traits, giving the … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart: Trump’s Hypocrisy

Posted on March 14, 2026 by Grouse Beater

Jon Stewart dives into new depths of Republican hypocrisy: Anti-war MAGA embraces Trump’s war on Iran, Team Trump fetishises free speech while cracking down on it, gun violence gets shrugged off unless it’s from an immigrant, and the GOP won’t … Continue reading →

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Scots Language

Posted on March 14, 2026 by Grouse Beater

The Scots language has maintained a foothold in many working-class and rural areas across the country. Today about 2.4 million Scots have some level of proficiency in the language. What was their dream for the future of the language? The … Continue reading →

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America’s Reckoning

Posted on March 11, 2026 by Grouse Beater

‘America has gone off the rails. Its time to bring it back.’ Photo: Elijah Nouvelage About a year ago, at the start of the Trump 2.0 regime, a woman was about to pass me on the sidewalk and then stopped, turned toward me … Continue reading →

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Treating Prostate Cancer

Posted on March 7, 2026 by Grouse Beater

The VIR-5500 brings together the body’s killer T-cells with tumour cells A new drug for advanced prostate cancer has shown promise in early trials experts have said, with the medication shrinking tumours in some patients. Prostate cancer is the most … Continue reading →

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Spain Leads the Way

Posted on March 7, 2026 by Grouse Beater

Sánchez addresses the people of Spain about the Middle-East war. Photo: Jon Nazca Readers are sure to be bewildered by the array of support or dismissal of the dictatorship of the Sun King Donald Trump, (embarrassingly of Scots heritage on his … Continue reading →

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