Courier columnist
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: It takes a tortured mind to name a toadstool
October 17 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: SWI memories of the rookie’s eggs that ruffled Rural feathers
October 9 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Antique stink bombs are best handled with care
September 11 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Changed days for gamekeepers but still a way of life
September 4 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Days of dog roses, and a dog, by the river
August 28 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: On the shale bings new life springs from old industries
August 21 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Arbroath smokies, finnan haddies and the fishing villages that fed us
August 14 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: August and nature’s bounty is in abundance
August 7 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Like the swallows I’m drawn to old haunts in Glenesk
July 17 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Good cow, bad cow – the complicated question of climate change
July 10 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Fledgling birds, and other species, manage fine without us
July 3 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: It’s a rotten egg, don’t blame the dog
June 26 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Where have all the butterflies gone?
June 19 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: I might not be woke but a rowdy Hobbit made for a sleepless night
June 12 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: No place for pity in nature, nor among readers when I get something wrong
June 5 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Well fed and watered on a wet weekend on the Black Isle
May 29 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Glorious Glenesk keeps calling me back
May 22 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Harassed parents, demanding offspring and total annihilation – a garden is a terrible thing for distractions
May 15 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Wild primroses, cherry blossom and a hungry yellowhammer – so much to see in a week in spring
May 8 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: It’s lambing time for Tildie’s flock – and a fine excuse for a family reunion after lockdown
May 1 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: The birds are in the hungry gap – I hope it doesn’t apply to distracted husbands too
April 24 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Bullers of Buchan were worth the wait – and worth a visit now we can all spread our wings a little further
April 17 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: How the secret ingredient in your Covid-19 vaccine might make the alpaca man’s new best friend
April 10 2021
MAN WITH TWO DOGS: Down memory lane to Montrose’s Curlie as a spotlight shines on artist James Morrison
April 3 2021