I’m not sure you can make a mockery of something that is already intrinsically ludicrous, but the inaugural winner of the FIFA Peace Prize is having a good go.
Last Tuesday Orkney provided a fitting send-off for Jim Wallace with a funeral service in St Magnus Cathedral that was full of emotion but plenty of laughter too.
Jim Wallace was my boss, my mentor and my good friend. His sudden death last week due to a complication following surgery came as a profound shock, and one that has left me, like all who knew him well, absolutely devastated.
In a desperate bid to dissuade Donald Trump from invading Greenland, Holm FC have generously offered to present him with last year’s Parish Cup.
Happy New Year and what a start it’s been to 2026.
As we approach the end of another year, there is certainly no shortage of reasons to feel apprehensive.