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Helen Martin: Make this ban Royal and Ancient history

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:58:15 GMT

TO me, a game of golf is a good walk spoiled. I have no desire to have a go at pitch ‘n’ putt, let alone play Muirfield.

Helen Martin: Shopping’s not my life history

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:46:47 GMT

LIKE most women nowadays, I have a voluminous handbag which could probably house a village of pygmies but actually accommodates lipsticks, a mobile phone, sometimes a Kindle, keys, purse, and an accumulation of junk.

Helen Martin: State care is for the needy only

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:55:08 GMT

I HAVE to confess, I haven’t been keeping my eye on child welfare and protection issues in the Scottish Parliament.

Helen Martin: We share roads and the blame

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:47:14 GMT

It was Thursday and I was driving down Salisbury Road, an exceptionally busy one-way street – one-way but for a cyclist who was happily cycling up the road against the traffic in the wrong direction.