Trams to the Slaughter.
I sometimes drop into Broomhouse public library whenever I have an hour or two spare between shifts. You are unlikely …
Tag Archives: Edinburgh
Farage in Scotland: The Rough Wooing.
Yesterday a politician from a party with no elected representatives in Scotland ended up squabbling with around fifty students outside …
Meet the Author.
The party was already thinning when I arrived and the remaining partygoers looked up at me with sudden hope in …
Health and Safety Starts with Me.
When the alarm clock went off, I awoke with a grunt, automatically made my decision, disabled the alarm clock and …
Earning Our Bonus.
The role of agency workers in the supreme war between Capital and Labour is not an especially noble one: they …
(3D) Printing Error.
On Monday night I visited my editor James at his apartment on Leith Walk and we slid in front of …
Death Under the Bed.
I remember that I love Renata whenever she starts to take an interest in another man. This occurs occasionally and …
Richard J. Williams’ Letter Via America.
Professor Richard J. Williams teaches art history at the University of Edinburgh and his latest article in America’s Foreign Policy …
Valentines.
Edinburgh had lately enjoyed three days of unbroken sunshine and everybody was wondering when it was going to end. It …
“Censored by EUSA” Commentary Roundup.
EUSA Crisis. Last month the Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) sought an interim interdict from the Court of Session to …
Illustration to “The Conjugal Bed.”
Several of the partygoers started to dance with determined abandon to music which was being piped out of a laptop. …
Museum Review: Vikings, The Untold Story.
The Vikings were, as everybody knows, deranged rampaging barbarians. They would sweep down on to unsuspecting monasteries, brandishing their battleaxes, …
Tychy Review of 2012.
So we’ve all made it through 2012 in one piece. Another year the wiser, or else another year more demoralised, …
A Critical Review of the “Gifted” Edinburgh Book Sculptures.
The finest of these paper sculptures is possibly number three. Mongol hordes pour out of a cinema screen into the …
The House Across the Street (A Story for Halloween).
This morning the breakfast buffet which awaited Ted Worthington included fresh cherries, and he piled his bowl with them. Ana, …
