IN the entrance hall at Abbotsford two full body suits of 15th-century armour battle for space with a couple of highly prized breast and back plates worn by French
soldiers defeated in the Battle of Waterloo.
The monopoly has always been real enough. Now, too, is the threat to that monopoly. BAA, the giant of Scottish air travel, was last night resisting pressure to sell off either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports after a damning interim report by the UK’s competition watchdog.
“YOU’RE dabbing too hard,” the elderly lady at the adjacent table says quietly.
“She’s dabbing too hard,” shouts her grey-haired female friend, motioning to my boyfriend as if to say, ‘you two clearly don’t know what you’re doing’.
Given the national obesity crisis,
it's tempting to
think the rise in food prices may yet be a good thing. For there's no doubting there are
lean times ahead.
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