Now regular readers of my column will know that I am an Outlander fanatic and proud of it. I've read all the books, watched the TV show and along with millions of other men and women across the globe, I have developed a slight obsession with the main character Jamie Fraser played by the gorgeous Sam Heughan.

I was first introduced to the series in 2009 when I interviewed American author Diana Gabaldon. I was completely blown away by the fact she’d written these books without ever visiting Scotland.

She actually wrote the first book back in 1988 because she wanted to write a novel for "practice, just to learn how" and with no intention to show it to anyone. As a research professor, she decided that a historical novel would be easiest to research and write. However, she had no background in history and initially no particular time period in mind but that all changed after she happened to see a rerun episode of Doctor Who on a cable channel called "The War Games.”

In this particular episode, one of the Doctor's companions was a Scot from around 1745, a young man about 17-years-old named Jamie McCrimmon and right there and then Outlander was born.

The first two series of the hit TV Show have, until now, only been available to UK viewers on Amazon Prime but that's about to all change as More 4 have announced they have bought the rights to the first series and will be showing it for free via the All 4 app.

It's available to stream from today and honestly if you are looking for a new show to become utterly obsessed with give Outlander a try. I promise you won't be disappointed.

Schools out for the summer which means Christmas has come early for teachers up and down the country, while exasperated parents and guardians rack their brains on how to keep their little darlings occupied over the next six weeks.

I personally love the school holidays not because I'm a teacher or have any children but because for the next six weeks the roads will be empty and I'll not have to sit in hours of traffic in that car park in the sky I like to call the M8 during rush hour. It's the little things you see.

Glasgow is pretty good at organising events and activities during the summer holidays for example there's kids roller disco happening six days a week over at Rollerstop in the city's south side.

Roller skates, disco lights, music, games and what's more the majority of the roller discos are suitable for anyone age four plus of any skating ability, making them great fun for the whole family so what more could you ask for?

If getting on your skates isn't your thing, and believe you me I wasn't built to be sashaying about on four wheels without a care in the world, why not take the kids and join The Tall Ship pirates on a daily treasure hunt down at the Riverside to find Captain Scallywag's loot during the Summer holidays. It's a great day out for all the family and with the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie still in cinemas this day out is sure to be a popular one.

If none of the above takes your fancy then there's something very exciting happening tomorrow at the Royal Concert Hall in the form of Glasgow Comic Con which is back for its seventh year.

Comic Con is huge around the globe and started life back in 1970 in San Diego in the USA. If you've never heard of it, it's a multi-genre entertainment and comic convention where fans can get a chance to meet creators and stars from the comic world and various exhibitors pitch up to sell their comic related merchandise.

What's really exciting though is that there's a new kids zone this year with fun activities from the Dark Knight detective's trail, make your own costume and clay plasticine super heroes workshops. It's a great family day out and dressing up as your favourite comic characters is most certainly encouraged. For more information log onto https://gccon.wordpress.com/kids-zone