Ashley Davies

Is it to do with last night’s harvest moon?

I’ve never seen the tide out so far. It’s like snooping in places you don’t normally get to look at.

There are times when, as a parent of a neurodivergent child who refuses to wear a jumper or waterproofs - despite it being freezing cold and raining - one wishes there was a QR code explainer one could gently present to the parents of compliant, neurotypical children.

List of islands of Michigan - Wikipedia

In case you're looking for a name for your next thriller/new perfume/range of smart-casual linen, may I direct you to this list of Michigan islands. (Do what you will with Rat Island.)
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News - Barbie: The Exhibition is coming to Scotland.
Kelvingrove, Glasgow, 13 Jun-16 Oct ‘26.

The trick is to join in, thus rendering it immediately uncool, so you don’t have to hear it for much longer.

Here’s my owl content. This guy baffed me on the head recently.

Yes. I've built up a tolerance for plural nouns being used as singulars - such as "a red lip" and "a smoky eye", but that doesn't mean I like it.

What do we want?
Surprising owl anecdotes.
When do we want them?
Now and forever.

Nothing makes me clench like a person saying “property” instead of “house/flat”. See also “timepiece”.

Five things to see in Scotland this week: Comic Con to spectacular science Plus: Colonsay Food & Drink Festival, a celebration of the Scottish craft movement and a darkly funny one-woman play

Good stuff in Scotland now/coming up:
- Night Waking (captivating play about historical secrets + the exhaustion of motherhood) on tour
- Harvest - new contemporary art fair
- Comic Con
- Spectacular Science Show on tour
- Colonsay Food & Drink Festival
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The stuff I find in my son’s pockets while doing laundry: conkers, small pencils, sweet wrappers, plastic crap … and today, a business card from The House of Tweed.

If mobile phones were around when Audrey Hepburn was alive her deleted photos folder would be full of unflattering pictures taken on the bog at events to check whether she had food in her teeth.

Keri Wallace: Blisters get tricky once your laces freeze The Girls on Hills founder on becoming the first woman to run the West Highland Way solo in winter and why women are more likely to fear the dark

Keri Wallace tells me why she ran the West Highland Way solo, unsupported, in the dark, in WINTER, and why she's trying to get more women on the hills via the Door to Door Challenge.

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Oh my God, from now on I’m absolutely going to respond with Dogger, Fisher German Bight. Game ON, children.

I asked my kid’s teacher if he hears it a lot and he says he hears it in his sleep.

Thanks

"I've seen your old fella wandering into the embassy clutching a bonesaw, madam."

I really need someone to explain what kids mean when they say “six seven”.

People sure like to pontificate about what tooth-related dreams represent (niche concerns like family or money worries, for example) but maybe we’re all just actually worried about our actual teeth.

And a few going: “I can’t hear hear myself THINK.”

Pink-footed geese arriving from Iceland and realising - yikes - they should have turned right at the loch.

It was sweet sorrow saying goodbye to the gannets at the Bass Rock yesterday. Soon they’ll all be gone for the winter - having a few, hopefully, comfortable months in Gibraltar before coming back to repeat the breeding cycle.
Also, hello bottling seal - napping in the choppy sea.

Don’t mind me, just sifting the soil for runes and consulting village elders to understand local customs in lieu of an actual bus timetable for small East Lothian towns.

Hahaa

Imagine if you fell in love with someone then found out they regularly take the time to write “Who?” under newspaper interviews (the places that tell you “who”).

Roddy Woomble: Top of the Pops was stressful. We never sounded good The Idlewild frontman on the privilege of performing at Barrowland, the importance of living in the moment, and the liberating sense of space on Iona

I had a chat with the gently poetic Roddy Woomble about Idlewild’s tenth album, which is out next month.

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I now have a stethoscope to find the source of Philippe’s purr. A vibe check, if you will.

Roddy Woomble: Top of the Pops was stressful. We never sounded good The Idlewild frontman on the privilege of performing at Barrowland, the importance of living in the moment, and the liberating sense of space on Iona

I had a chat with the gently poetic Roddy Woomble about Idlewild’s tenth album, which is out next month.

www.thetimes.com/article/0f8f...