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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 that after nearly 20 years had passed, I could talk about the 2001 FMD outbreak with a degree of o...

So, I've had a wee trawl through the grey matter to come up with some memories. At Stirling's 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 SF's reporting team of not risking the 'weather' by arriving on the train. It was also the final day of the old market bar and so while the usual thir...

Rude politicians We asked for recollections of the Royal Smithfield Show from the London years and we've 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 was asked by the then Scottish Agriculture Minister, John Sewell – this was before devolution �...