Laurie O’Donnell

The bicentenary of the abolition of slavery has received a lot of coverage in the media over the last couple of weeks. Much has been made of Tony Blair’s failure to apologise or more accurately his failure to apologise properly. I am sure that the Government’s lawyers have advised him in the same way that […]

Another interesting week that seems to have flashed past very quickly.
Five mornings and three afternoons in Glasgow as well as afternoons in Edinburgh and Dundee. A lot of time taken up with internal LTS meetings; Glow and Schools ICT programme boards, corporate management team etc. An interesting meeting in Edinburgh Council’s new offices in Waverley […]

After my day as a juror I managed to get my hands on a Nintendo Wii thanks to my fellow juror Derek.
Now watching two 10 year olds working their way through Wii sports and having so much fun. I am sitting with a glass of wine and every now and again I get invited to […]

Got selected for jury duty today at Dundee Sheriff Court. This is not much of a surprise as I have been called four times and never selected so it was just a matter of time. The real surprise is that my colleague Derek Robertson not only had a citation for the same day but was […]

Another interesting day away from my desk and my inbox. Started off meeting my two programme directors, Ian Graham (Schools ICT) and Marie Dougan (Glow), in the IKEA cafe on my way to Haddington. Ian, Marie and I try to meet up at least once a week to plan, discuss issues and generally catch-up. Rather […]

A good week over and sitting at my kitchen table with a glass of beer listening to Van Morrison and trying to stay out of the way of the teenagers on a sleepover.
Covered a few miles this week but it’s always great to get out and about even if that means not being able to […]