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About davidsberry

Local ex-councillor, tour guide and database designer. Keen on wildlife, history, boats and music. Retired in 2017.

We Don’t Teach No Calculation

Posted on July 26, 2013 by davidsberry

A major plank of the argument made in the previous blog (The Other End of Empire) for an upside for Scotland’ independence, using Singapore as an example was its education system. A central priority virtually since their independence, some 20% … Continue reading →

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The Other End of Empire

Posted on July 24, 2013 by davidsberry

Back when the British Raj was at its greatest and one fifth of any self-respecting globe was painted pink, the entire “empire on which the sun never set” was held together by a series of bases from which redcoats and … Continue reading →

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Elvis Has Left the Fairway

Posted on July 23, 2013 by davidsberry

With the Open now closed, it’s meet to take stock of the net effect of such a huge circus rolling into as small a town as Gullane. From almost any perspective, it must be considered a huge success and the … Continue reading →

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In The Bunker

Posted on July 18, 2013 by davidsberry

North Berwick High Street was a-buzz into the late evening yesterday. Although the Fringe-by-the-Sea beach hut had closed, the pavement tables were jammed and even Rory McIlroy was forced to the subterfuge of getting Bert’s personal number off the ESPN … Continue reading →

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Ye Olde Schizophrenia

Posted on July 17, 2013 by davidsberry

Tuesday was a busy one for news regarding the UK’s defence posture. A Liberal Democrat-led review of alternatives to a like-for-like replacement of the UK’s nuclear arsenal has been deflected and will, according to PM Cameron, not affect government policy: the … Continue reading →

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Paving Paradise

Posted on July 16, 2013 by davidsberry

Coming as she does from Southern California, Joni knows a thing or two about untrammeled development in a culture that believes endless space to build is its rightful inheritance. Here in Scotland, despite the echoing emptiness of glen after glen … Continue reading →

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No Future in the Past

Posted on July 15, 2013 by davidsberry

This weekend has seen a couple of unionists stick their head above the parapet with more style and conviction than seems to have been the case heretofore. In today’s Hootsmon, Brian Monteith makes the fair point that asking valid questions … Continue reading →

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Notes from the Imperial Capital

Posted on July 13, 2013 by davidsberry

The month’s hiatus in posting is not explained by a week’s trip to London to meet up with some very good friends from the States—but there was little chance to ruminate in the hectic that passes for life dahn inna … Continue reading →

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A bridge named after a woman? Yes!

Posted on June 7, 2013 by davidsberry

Originally posted on A Burdz Eye View:
There are only 18 hours of voting left in the public consultation to “name the bridge”. To show its inclusive credentials – or at least, so it doesn’t have to shoulder the blame…

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Phew! Water Scorcha!

Posted on May 27, 2013 by davidsberry

After waiting for weeks for some weather we could fool ourselves was summer, East Lothian finally had two days of splendid stuff delivered with perfect timing over the Whitsun bank holiday weekend. In North Berwick, it was clear blue skies, … Continue reading →

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