William Bain

The introduction of innovative hair transplants in Scotland is closely associated with the acclaimed Seneca Medical group.

BALMORAL Castle must be the hoose most in the news this year. The Queen’s death there last month put the joint on televisions all over the world. It was the first time a British monarch had died in Scotland since James V in 1542. So, well done, Your Maj.

WHEN writing of the general practitioner under advisement, I mean the main character in Dr Finlay’s Casebook, the BBC adaptation that ran from 1962 to 1971 and is inscribed on the nation’s frontal lobe cortex. UK-wide, it was one of the most popular programmes of the period, and made household names of its principal characters and their actors.

It seems a long time ago now, but during the first wave of the pandemic, commentators and politicians talked excitedly about how coronavirus would bring the world together against the “common enemy”. Borders were irrelevant. Nations would have to work together. One for all and all for one. I always thought this was somewhat naïve. The world doesn’t work like that.

Notes from Africa

THE order to shield has now been removed as a compulsory Government order but many of us in this “high-risk” category are not about to let our guard down.

SECONDS, minutes, hours, days … weeks even. Who’s counting?

The global Covid-19 pandemic is first and foremost a public health crisis – the gravest of our generation – and it is only right that the Government has taken decisive action to protect the elderly and most vulnerable in our society.