http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:02:50 +0000 Copyright (C) 2010 Clyde and Forth Press Ltd http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/feeds/ 20 http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/furniture/lc_logo_500x75.png http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/ Christmas is over. We're well into January. What this actually means, finally, is some decent telly. But forget the return of 24 and Lost, the most unmissable US show of the next few weeks is Leverage. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/19/388374-got-leverage/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/19/388374-got-leverage/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:06:04 +0000 Opinion I write regarding the apparently astonishing method by which the Scottish Government restricts easy public access to critical planning information. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/10/08/392729-hide-and-seek-for-details-on-windfarm/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/10/08/392729-hide-and-seek-for-details-on-windfarm/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Opinion The threatened closure of the Edington Hospital, an irreplacable community resource (under the Older People's Strategy scheme), has upset so many people in the coastal area that one would expect the council to have been inundated with letters and e-mails in support of the Edington. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/10/08/392730-resident-must-act-now-on-edington/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/10/08/392730-resident-must-act-now-on-edington/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:50:00 +0000 Opinion How can it be that we're gearing up for the end of Being Human season one already? And what kind of a world is it in which we live where American series do 22 episodes in a run and we get six? Pah. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/02/17/36095-geek-chic-on-the-beeb/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/02/17/36095-geek-chic-on-the-beeb/ Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:30:00 +0000 Opinion There is a considerable degree of inaccuracy and confusion in the letter from ex-councillor McCarthy last week. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/29/33489-degree-of-034confusion034-over-council-houses/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/29/33489-degree-of-034confusion034-over-council-houses/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:45:00 +0000 Opinion It would seem that some confusion has arisen as a result of recent correspondence concerning Sustaining Dunbar"s bakery feasibility study. Please may I seek to clarify the situation. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/29/33490-a-viable-enterprise-for-the-community/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/29/33490-a-viable-enterprise-for-the-community/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:40:00 +0000 Opinion William S M Innes"s theory – "Blueprint at birth dictates our lifespan" (Courier, January 23) – is not borne out by the facts. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/29/33491-longevity-decided-by-richpoor-inequality/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/29/33491-longevity-decided-by-richpoor-inequality/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:35:00 +0000 Opinion I look forward with interest to the outcome of the council"s budget meeting in February, especially with regards to education. Having been in protracted discussions with local and national politicians I am very confused as to what the current position is. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/29/33492-is-council-to-blame-for-teacher-034cuts034/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/29/33492-is-council-to-blame-for-teacher-034cuts034/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:30:00 +0000 Opinion The concern with me blogging so much about Being Human and being so fulsome in my praise about it is that it may have looked to the outside world as if somehow I had developed a soft spot for the show so vast that I overlooked all the problems with it. Well episode one has aired. So now you know I wasn't just being a squeeing geek. Well no more than usual. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/26/35257-the-morning-after-the-night-before/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/26/35257-the-morning-after-the-night-before/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:30:00 +0000 Opinion The wait is almost over. Being Human starts on BBC Three on Sunday night at 9pm. Yay. In the same timeslot as both Lost and new Supernatural. Boo. Talk about making things difficult for yourself. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/23/35256-its-almost-time/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/23/35256-its-almost-time/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Opinion He may be playing the lead in the BBC's hotly anticipated new genre show Being Human, but Russell Tovey has spoken for the first time at exactly how close he came to being given the keys to the Tardis and the biggest job in scifi. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/09/34701-russell-tovey-was-in-the-frame-for-eleventh-doctor/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2009/01/09/34701-russell-tovey-was-in-the-frame-for-eleventh-doctor/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:30:00 +0000 Opinion In an age where almost on a weekly basis I read of councillors who seem to be hell-bent on discrediting or blaming each other for all the ills that exist in East Lothian, let me introduce a man who isn"t big on photo-calls and hand-shakes and won"t be found bad-mouthing fellow councillors through newspaper columns. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/24/32239-praise-for-034unassuming034-and-helpful-councillor/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/24/32239-praise-for-034unassuming034-and-helpful-councillor/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000 Opinion I found your comment of December 5 – "What goes around comes around" – in relation to the planning application for an extension to a house in the Cala development at Aberlady most interesting. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/24/32240-looking-at-the-bigger-picture-in-planning/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/24/32240-looking-at-the-bigger-picture-in-planning/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:55:00 +0000 Opinion Yep, 2008 is almost over, what better time to look back at what has lit up the cinematic world - and died like a damp squib - over the last twelve months. The big question is, will you agree with me? http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/23/34444-its-that-time-of-the-year/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/23/34444-its-that-time-of-the-year/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000 Opinion Well finally we've seen Annie. But only seen her. The Beeb (or possibly writer Toby Whithouse) is an utter utter tease. She doesn't even speak! http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/22/34320-and-the-third-times-a-charm/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/22/34320-and-the-third-times-a-charm/ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000 Opinion When Aidan Turner got the role of Mitchell in Being Human there were a lot of people convinced he wouldn't be able to do what Guy Flanagan did in the pilot. I say a lot. Not a lot maybe, but certainly a vocal minority of the people who fell in love with the show when it was first shown. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/19/34291-the-first-look-at-the-new-mitchell/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/19/34291-the-first-look-at-the-new-mitchell/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000 Opinion My late aunt was a former Cockenzie House Nursing Home resident. She lived there for 13 years and she was well looked after. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/18/32091-nursing-home-public-enquiry-is-necessary/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/18/32091-nursing-home-public-enquiry-is-necessary/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:25:00 +0000 Opinion May I, through your column, pass on my sincere thanks to my dedicated team of volunteers, customers, supporters and events organisers, who have contributed to another record year of sales for the Dunbar Lifeboat Souvenir Shop. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/18/32092-record-sales-for-lifeboat-shop/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/18/32092-record-sales-for-lifeboat-shop/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:20:00 +0000 Opinion I cannot recollect a time when an administration of East Lothian Council has voted to actively pursue a policy of discrimination against a section of the population living in the county. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/18/32090-whens-a-new-council-house-no-longer-new/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/18/32090-whens-a-new-council-house-no-longer-new/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000 Opinion The Americanisation of British things is often a bad thing. People in shops telling you to 'have a nice day', the use of 'z' rather than 's' in way too many words, the fact that if you order a large coffee nowadays it's actually a bucket that you could swim in and priced accordingly. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/16/34094-being-human-goodies-ahoy/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/16/34094-being-human-goodies-ahoy/ Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000 Opinion http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/11/34054-have-you-tried-turning-it-off-an-on-again/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/11/34054-have-you-tried-turning-it-off-an-on-again/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000 Opinion In your issue of November 21, you carried an item in which you reported the drop in takings of Dunbar traders. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/11/31827-asda-does-not-benefit-dunbar-traders/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/11/31827-asda-does-not-benefit-dunbar-traders/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:30:00 +0000 Opinion Like many Dunbar residents, I am saddened to see the closure of Smith"s bakers. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/11/31826-034ecowarrior034-baker034s-is-not-what-town-needs/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/11/31826-034ecowarrior034-baker034s-is-not-what-town-needs/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:30:00 +0000 Opinion It would appear that, following a lengthy period of in-fighting, the East Lothian Labour Party has now finally imploded. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/04/31560-imploding-labour-held-to-account/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/04/31560-imploding-labour-held-to-account/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:30:00 +0000 Opinion Full marks to East Lothian Council for its document "You Pay… Now Have Your Say". http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/04/31556-consultation-good-but-education034cuts034-a-worry/ http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/opinion/roundup/articles/2008/12/04/31556-consultation-good-but-education034cuts034-a-worry/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:30:00 +0000 Opinion