Steve Fantana

Please consider donating to Mary's Meals UK. 10p to feed a child a day. £19.50 for the whole year and, guys, these young uns LOVE porridge

On the frontline of the food crisis in Zambia with Mary's Meals Our writer Stevie Gallacher joined the Scotland-based charity Mary's Meals in Zambia as their work and kind donations help hungry children.

I went to Northern Zambia with Mary's Meals and met the kids they're helping. Absolutely humbled by the people doing quiet heroism via a daily cup of porridge share.google/9uZbAiSVr3P6...

Spoke to him last year, what a life he's had. Brimming with energy and anecdotes.

Superman captures our imagination because we know the idea of a journalist who has a girlfriend isn't real, but it's still a powerful concept that gives us hope.

Sci-fi view of The Future: We'll all have flying cars and holidaying on Mars! Disease will be fixed with a quick blast from a Star Trek thingy!

The Actual Future:

I know 'this has made me feel old' is overplayed but I may as well have just drank from a false grail Eddie

I came to hear these two bozos dunk on people but instead had some sort of helpful catharsis??

A card decoration depicting George Smiley as played by Alec Guiness in the very good BBC series 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' and 'Smileys People'. He looks glum but is offset by a fancy little red ribbon. Improbably, I am offering these for sale.

Even I'm surprised I did this. Probably not going to have to make many of them so get in quick!
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"Another pint of heavy please barman"

Everyone will start ordering a beastie in their drink, like the Babycham advert

Cocktails have gotten a bit weird

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

Ironically this is an excellent comment

John Burnside's Learning To Sleep was a timely comfort during COVID when I was cursed with insomnia. Sad to hear one of the great modern poets has died.

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I tried to look at one of the youtube links and, well,

If only others had this curse of understanding people, but they absolutely don't

You may have one-upped my anecdote but it turns out I'm the Wolverine of feelings pal

Betteridge's law is undefeated

Aye, still keeping on. Also glad I wasn't bevvying during the pandemic otherwise there's a fair chance I'd be deid

Congrats Barry! No mean feat in Scotland.