The Colony on Bennachie
Image ©Jim Benvie. Licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license. While researching my book, The...
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Stuart Grant
Dec 14, 20222 min read
MERRY CHRISTMAS LOSERS
Sleighed! is out on Kindle tomorrow (15th Dec), although the paperback is available a day early. It’s Christmas at Vik castle and crimes...
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Stuart Grant
Feb 28, 20222 min read
The Nicest Thing About…
The nicest thing about writing is hearing from people who enjoyed what I wrote. I write to make people laugh and there’s nothing better...
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Stuart Grant
Oct 30, 20212 min read
Brain Gremlins and Knob Goblins
The house poltergeist has eaten all the Jaffa Cakes! And left the empty wrapper right next to my laptop! How did that happen?! I’ve...
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Stuart Grant
Aug 17, 20203 min read
The Big Blue Jobbie
I haven’t blogged from the website since March. Why?! Well, partly because I’m a lazy cow and partly because it was lockdown, the world...
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Stuart Grant
Mar 11, 20202 min read
Sleepless in…Waterloo
I’m having a bout of insomnia at the moment. I tried counting men in kilts but not even that did the trick! My insomnia has plagued me...
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Stuart Grant
Mar 8, 20203 min read
Going Viral
Had a chat with the kids last night about coronavirus. There are plenty of articles about how to explain coronavirus to younger children...
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Stuart Grant
Mar 2, 20202 min read
Always Wear Clean Knickers
I’ve become a bit obsessed with the Coronavirus. Being of middling years and on immunosuppressants I’m worried. No amount of reassuring...
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Stuart Grant
Feb 26, 20201 min read
An appeal for fat and sugar
This is an appeal on behalf of a sugar and fat deprived family. Please do something about Mrs V. She has cut off our supply of chocolate...
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Stuart Grant
Feb 24, 20202 min read
What! No Sausages?!
Yesterday I decided that we need to eat more healthily so I did a healthy food shop which is due to be delivered later. If you hear that...
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Stuart Grant
Feb 21, 20201 min read
I Am Not Worthy
Many of my friends are worthy. They post worthy things about the environment and health and going running with their children and so on....
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Stuart Grant
Feb 19, 20201 min read
Haircut Horrors!
The true test of a relationship is your other half’s response to your new haircut. I could practically read Mr V’s mind when I got home...
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Stuart Grant
Feb 16, 20202 min read
Sciatica and Shenanigans
Sciatica is brilliant isn’t it? Other people pick things up for you, you can take the lift without guilt and, best of all, you can make...
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Stuart Grant
Feb 14, 20204 min read
Jaffacakegate – a DCI Mr V mystery
A packet of Jaffa Cakes does not constitute 12 of your 5 a day. Mr V was most emphatic about this after what will forever be known in...
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Stuart Grant
Feb 13, 20202 min read
Important Problems and Chin Hair
Thank goodness it’s Almost Wineday today. Here are all the important problems I’ve been having: By only looking at adverts for holidays,...
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Stuart Grant
Feb 10, 20202 min read
Testing Testing Empty Nesting
This weekend was spent luxuriating in being one teenager down. Like a dry run for when they both eventually bugger off…er…I mean break...
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Stuart Grant
Feb 7, 20202 min read
Happy Wineday
It’s Wineday, yay! Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Almost Wineday, Wineday, A Bit More Wineday, Sunday. I’ve been to see the careers officer....
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Stuart Grant
Feb 6, 20202 min read
Cake Tester is a real job, right?
I am home from Fancy London. Mr V has handed back the reins. While I was away he navigated a whole cherub dental appointment with no...
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Stuart Grant
Feb 2, 20202 min read
Axes & Cocktail Roulette
I went axe throwing yesterday. According to the instructor I am “a little menace.” The thing about chucking axes at a target is that,...
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Stuart Grant
Feb 2, 20202 min read
The Trouble & Strife
Sometimes the temptation to do a Shirley Valentine is almost too much. I would have said Lord Lucan but apparently they’ve found him (and...
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