Shooting and Lead Shot

The animal rights organisation,, Animal Aid, says that around sixty million pheasants and partridges are bred each year in the UK, to be shot. It doesn’t say there are all shot. Some might escape or die before growing old enough to be driven into the air. Or they might escape the guns and live out … Read more

The Scottish Parliament Building

The New Scottish Parliament Wouldn’t you think that there has been a parliament continuously since Scotland became a country many centuries ago? It’s a natural question to ask – and indeed the first recorded reference to a meeting of the Scottish parliament dates from 1235 and the first permanent meeting place for the parliament was … Read more