It all started so promisingly for Donald Trump. He arrived in Scotland in 2006, trumpeting plans for the "world’s greatest golf course" in the birthplace of golf–and the birthplace of his late mother, Mary MacLeod. He was feted for his efforts to pump over $2 billion into the local Aberdeen area economy and to create Read More
Last week, the Scottish National Party became the largest party—by one seat—in the Scottish Parliamentary election.
Credit for this development belongs, in no small part, to Mel Gibson—and to Braveheart.
Twelve years ago, when the epic adventure movie was first released, Scotland was a nation in name only. It was part of Great Read More
Great Scot! At Plaid Party, Mrs. Mortimer Gets Frisky With Lucy Sykes’ Hubby
On the evening of Monday, April 2, the odd troika of Dateline NBC anchor Stone Phillips, model Marcus Schenkenberg and actor-turned-socialite Matthew Modine pranced down a runway in pleated plaid skirts. The occasion was a “Dressed to Kilt” fashion show held at Read More
Wednesday 30th
My goodness, my Guinness! Some lessons learned this week: We’ve given up on taking the subway, at least when it’s raining ( Moby-Dick or no Moby-Dick, the delays get our rage on); keeping a scale in the apartment does not inspire; other people actually enjoy Tony Danza; and New York Times Styles writer Nikki Read More
I spent several weeks lately in countries that drive on the left, and a few times almost got run over from looking the wrong way as I stepped into the street, and when I was driving in New Zealand, two or three times I turned into the wrong lane of traffic–happily, not with any damaging Read More
