Trial By Water.
I had known Marcin for over three years before I finally met his elder brother. I think that I was …
Tag Archives: Health
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 …
A Puff from the E-Frontier.
Washing through the St. James Centre, I bump into a very focused young man, who looks as fierce as a …
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 …
Bad Protest Song Rising.
Tychy is not inclined to admire the current Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and whatever-it-is that he is doing to the …
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: A Perfect Corpse.
I cannot help but identify with the nineteenth-century anatomist Dr. Thomas Proctor. A fellow devle with a mikerscope and scalpul, …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Only One Wing.
I returned to the Pleasance Zoo this afternoon to catch Elizabeth Bourne’s play “Only One Wing,” which is one of …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Quarantine.
Tom Campion’s “Quarantine,” which presently has the 9.30pm slot at the Surgeons Hall, turns out to be a good knockabout …
Tychy@ the Fringe: An Evening with Dementia.
Trevor T. Smith’s “An Evening with Dementia,” which is presently showing at the Radisson Hotel (inexplicably, not in the evening) …
The Walk.
A block of insurance offices with a fine view of Arthur’s Seat stacked up grandly outside like a wedding cake. …
Unmann’d by Folly.
The price tag of over two hundred and fifty pounds on those Nicole Farhi leather brogues would have urged lesser …
Foretold with Plant Feeder.
I have many stories in the cellars of my mind – each waits like a bottle of whisky for the …
At the abortion clinic…
Callum’s mother, Helen, had not wanted to tell me about the abortion, but when the day of the procedure arrived, …
Sunbathing in Edinburgh: A Public Health Warning.
I had lunch today with my friend Anna in Café Artista and she told me an amusing story… Anna has a friend …
