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Who's a Bad Bunny, eh?

American libertarians, free speech absolutists, blood and soils nationalists and everyday racists are spitting into their apple pies because their Superbowl handball half-time show featured a guy...

Does anyone still wear a hat!?

09 Feb, 2026
The Hamester
Hame Truths

Noo that everyone and their strife is wearing wee docker caps again like it's 1982, I thought I'd break out some fashion tips from my stale old jar of things bygone. Right so here's the way things...

Imagine if dictators backed down?

Living in a state of paranoia of your own making must be hell. It’s particularly ironic as it seems that personal freedom eventually is directly disproportionate to power. Saddam, Qaddafi, Ceaușescu...

Another day, another cannabis farm

04 Feb, 2026
Ivy Prophen
Hame Truths

Another cannabis farm worth about £1 million was found by police in Dumfries making this about the 3rd or 4th in as many years. This time the stash was on the Vennel and it's clear now that doing up...

Doric Techno Spaiver

I promised tae keep yis in the loop aboot developments at the Doric Technology Institute. Weel ah've a wee bitty news, but ah must confess, I feel like that loon that hid tae rin awa tae Russia fir...

Let there be light

30 Jan, 2026
The Hamester
Scone Watch

Dear Doonhamers, have you heard of electricity? Have you tried it yet? Well whether your a keen user of electricity or just electro-curious, the power of electricity was unavoidable to most...

Hustlers and fiddlers

20 Jan, 2026
The Hamester
Rattle Bag

Reading the dictionary the other day - as you do - I came across a phrase that was new to me. "Bunnet Hustler" According to the Collins Dictionary, and I'm simplifying here ... a Bunnet Hustler is a...

Behold, the Doric Ring doorbell

Fit like, Doonhamers? It's been a wee filey, but I'm back wi a short series of tech articles aboot a recent boost tae the Doric Technology Institute (DTI). Noo as ye kin probably mind, I've bin daein...

Be careful of myths you hold dear

Reform UK has won its first Council seat election in Scotland. I'm grateful that it wasn't here in D&G, though we came pretty close a few weeks ago in the Stranraer & Rhins by-election. It was bound...

Whitesands to Become a Normal Place

Yesterday afternoon the flood defence scheme was approved during a full meeting of the Council in which 23 councillors voted for the project while 19 voted against it. There are important lessons to...

Escaped golfer apprehended after struggle with a mobility scooter

10 Dec, 2025
The Hamester
Hame Truths

Shocked residents of Summerhill were today supporting each other after terrified residents we forced to hide behind curtains awaiting the arrival of the SSPCA's Golf Division. The incident began on...

Crucial Vote on the Whitesands Flood Defences This Week

The week is upon us. On Thursday there will be a meeting of the full Council and on the agenda, the last chance to get flood defences for the Whitesands funded (mostly by the Scottish government). If...

Ayeman Toofaan - In conversation with

04 Dec, 2025
The Hamester
Hame Truths

A dinnae get it, ya'ani. So yer tellin me that every year, roon aboot the same time, this river floods aw the road an shops an hooses. It even gans up the vennel a bit. An this happens every year?...

The Leid’s Official

Happy St Andrew’s day beloved pee-wits. The Scottish Languages Act 2025 - legislation that officially recognises Gaelic and Scots as Scotland's official languages - comes into effect today. The Bill...

Shining a light on the big lights switch-on

Awwwwwww nawwwwwwwwww. I’ve hud tae flit again. All I did wis post a TikTok in front of the Mid Steeple at the big Christmas light switch on saying, “I can’t believe I live just opposite here in the...