After one day of putting Talking-up Scotland behind a paywall, I’ve come to my sense (just the one) and set it free. It was the 3 800 readers one night followed by only 14 contributors the next day, that blew my gasket. I have a new gasket and plan to just chill from now on. Maybe I’m too emotional for this line of work but then if I wasn’t, I suspect TuS would be smaller or have been quietly abandoned years ago. What normal person would work to 74, seven days a week, 340 days a year? In the end, … Continue reading Talking-up Scotland escapes from paywall misery and owner gets new gasket fitted