Debatable Land: stories of life in a grey area

An account of life on the English-Scottish border, in the land between the rivers Tyne and Forth, covering the historical, the political, the scenic and the merely entertaining, and getting ready to report on the changes to daily life which the campaign for Scottish independence may bring about.

Sunday, 16 June 2019

The Future's Dark, the Future's Orange

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It's been a long time since I posted anything on this blog, because I was living away from the region it concerns for a couple of yea...

Wednesday, 4 July 2018

The 70th Anniversary of the NHS

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Hello again, for the first time in a while. I decided to post these pictures on here because they have a local significance. These are ...

Monday, 5 June 2017

Carlisle: the other end of the border with some of the same problems

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No, this is not a photo of Primark, even though I'm wearing one of their tee-shirts as I write, the point of interest in this picture...

Saturday, 22 April 2017

A Wonderful Tribute to Salmon Fishing on the Tweed

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Hello again. It's been a while since I wrote on this blog, because I've spent the last eighteen months being nomadic. But my hear...

Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Thoughts on Recent Travels in Scotland

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This is a pretty cute map of Scotland (Alba) with Gaelic place names, produced by some school children in Obar Dheathain, or Aberdeen as ...

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Another Walled City

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To anyone who knows Berwick upon Tweed this will look very like the walls for which Berwick is famous, but these fortifications are not o...

Sunday, 2 October 2016

You May Experience Connection Problems

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Hello again! I drew my blog to a conclusion, as I thought, back in June, when I moved away from Berwick, but I now feel compelled to writ...

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About Me

Elaine Housby: I grew up in Alnwick, Northumberland. I lived in Berwick-upon-Tweed from 2010 to 2015. Then I sold up and went travelling for a while. After that I lived in Blackpool, where I also have some family history that I hope to write about eventually, for two years. I'm now back in Northumberland, in Morpeth. I buy and read a lot of second-hand books and sometimes even new ones. I have written two books on ethical finance (please, stifle your yawns). I work as a proofreader and language editor of academic papers. You can also find me on Instagram.

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