Dan Buglass News Today

It’s an anniversary I would rather not remember, but 20 years after the 2001 foot-and-mouth (FMD) outbreak it seems it will be hard to forget – and maybe we shouldn’t, because we certainly never want to repeat it. Before the latest lockdown, I was persuaded (eventually) to take part in the BBC Radio Scotland Our Story programme, produced and presented by the talented Mark Stephen. I had taken part in literally hundreds of media interviews, but nothing quite like this one. I thought ...

So, Ive had a wee trawl through the grey matter to come up with some memories. At Stirlings predecessor, the famous Perth market, it was always considered a very good night if you awoke in the morning between two bulls. Doing the same amongst some heifers down in Perth might have been a bit more dubious! The Raider inexplicably also remembers well the last Highland cattle sale in the old market, where the precaution was taken by The SFs reporting team of not risking the weather by arrivin...

Rude politicians We asked for recollections of the Royal Smithfield Show from the London years and weve not been disappointed. Andrew Gilmour, who was on the show board for a few years and chairman for two years in the 1990s, recalled when The Queen Mother, in her capacity as show president, came to Earls Court every year. She was always the host at the show lunch and various eminent agriculturalists and politicians were asked to the lunch. Andrew said of one visitor: "On his arrival, I...