The Lady of the Lake.
The end of the year found me driving to my sister’s house deep in the fens. She had sent me …
Tag Archives: Family
Narrative Concerning Authentic Sightings of the Krampus.
We were midway through the Wigilia dinner and all that was left of the carp were its whiskers. It was …
Media Review: Tesco Magazine.
With over 2,055,391 readers across Britain, Tesco Magazine is the fourth largest circulating magazine in the country (three of Sky’s …
Revenge Play.
I was generally fond of Tori’s husband, Ricardo, but it was truly an experience to witness his death and its …
This Is The Country You Live In.
His daughter, Haley, was to blame. Haley was only three, however, and it is generally considered unreasonable to blame a …
Elegy for an Unemployed Youth.
Anybody leaving school these days, without a job or any further education waiting for them, is comparable to the man …
The Road to Hill House (3/3): All the House’s a Stage.
[Previously on Tychy: (1/3) "The Anguish of Influences" and (2/3) "The House of Mirth." Ed.] The reader of Shirley Jackson‘s …
Tychy@ the Fringe: What Goes Up.
Richard O’Brien’s new play “What Goes Up,” which is currently playing late nights in C Soco, observes a teenager’s dismay …
Tychy@ the Fringe: In Confidence.
[The following contains mild spoilers.] Jo Stokes‘ new play “In Confidence” is presently playing early afternoons at the Spaces on …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Chasing Dragons.
Tychy is initially inclined to take a back seat in this review, in a quite literal sense, for I have …
Book Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
[The following was originally written as a contribution to MANSIZE - Tychy’s English Literature support series for GCSE and Higher …
Film Review: The Edge of Dreaming.
[This review complements Tychy’s ongoing series on premonitory fiction. Ed.] The Edinburgh filmmaker Amy Hardie’s The Edge of Dreaming (2010) …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Kafka and Son.
Off to the Bedlam theatre this afternoon – Edinburgh University’s equivalent of Broadway – to see the only “serious” show …
Tychy@ the Fringe: The Day the Sky Turned Black.
When the sky turns black in Edinburgh – and it frequently does at the moment – it usually announces the …
Unmann’d by Folly.
The price tag of over two hundred and fifty pounds on those Nicole Farhi leather brogues would have urged lesser …
