We start a massive week with fireworks both literal and metaphorical.
To the literal first and, my gosh, what an absolutely top-notch display that was on the Forth Bridge at the weekend.
Bright? Check.
Colourful? Check.
Loud? Check.
Yip, the display ticked every box (or at least checked every box, if that isn’t too confusing).
And so to the metaphorical fireworks.
Boom and indeed bang. It’s all kicked off on the referendum trail.
Some people are angry (boom). Others are downright raging (bang).
Either way, we have all the very latest as the debate (or more accurately the debaters) go in to overdrive.
Whether it is a stand-off in the street in Dundee or a nice old sing-song in more refined Perth, it is fair to conclude it is all happening.
Okay, there may be precious more detail emerging but there is certainly no shortage of conjecture, opinion and rumour. All of which is most fascinating.
If it is farming yesteryear you like, then good lord, we have a working-week starting treat for you.
Why, I hear you cry with barely disguised impatience.
Will, I’ll tell you. We have a quite simply cracking story about a farming yesteryear event. That ought to do it.
For more on every one of these stories and literally millions of others (alright, not literally), please do pick up Monday’s Courier. Failing that why not try our digital edition? It might just change your life in an immeasurably positive way. And who isn’t all for that on a Monday morning in mid-September?