I HAVE a confession to make. Last year I "signed on". That's right, on the dole. Joined the ranks of the unemployed. I wasn't in a constant state of unemployment. In fact, I felt like I had been living a fairly typical artistic life of sporadic creative contracts. Or perhaps I had just watched 'Withnail and I' too many times.

ONE of Moray's most famous footballing legends has bared his soul on the "terrible" mental illness which led him to three suicide attempts when he was unable to cope. Supporters of Elgin City during their all-conquering era of the Sixties became mesmerised by the skills of winger George Gilbert, but knew nothing of his battle off the pitch to overcome OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).

NOW probably you, like me, had never heard of Siegburg. If you look it up on www.siegburg.de you will see that their slogan is "The discovery town", which is true!