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The Misadventures of Athelstan Digby, by W.F. Harvey (14/20)

June 18, 2013

“THE PANTON ALLOTMENTS” (2/2). [The two recent editions of William Fryer Harvey’s short stories from Tartarus Press and Wordsworth Classics …

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Tourist Review (17): Blackness Castle.

June 18, 2013

Off to inspect another ruined castle today, like a senile general who does not realise that the wars are over …

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The Misadventures of Athelstan Digby, by W.F. Harvey (13/20)

June 18, 2013

“THE PANTON ALLOTMENTS” (1/2). [The two recent editions of William Fryer Harvey’s short stories from Tartarus Press and Wordsworth Classics …

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The First Days of an Independent Scotland.

May 30, 2013

By mid-morning the streets were choking with people and the police had melted away. It was like when a household …

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Trams to the Slaughter.

May 23, 2013

I sometimes drop into Broomhouse public library whenever I have an hour or two spare between shifts. You are unlikely …

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Meet the Author.

May 15, 2013

The party was already thinning when I arrived and the remaining partygoers looked up at me with sudden hope in …

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Google Jitters: In a Glass Darkly.

May 6, 2013

There have been probably a hundred times more articles about Google Glass published on the internet over the last few …

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Health and Safety Starts with Me.

May 5, 2013

When the alarm clock went off, I awoke with a grunt, automatically made my decision, disabled the alarm clock and …

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The Misadventures of Athelstan Digby, by W.F. Harvey (12/20).

April 25, 2013

“OH, OPIUM!” (3/3). [The two recent editions of William Fryer Harvey’s short stories from Tartarus Press and Wordsworth Classics have …

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Tourist Review (16): Dirleton Castle.

April 17, 2013

With the arrival of spring, it has occurred to me once again that there are miles of unexplored countryside behind …

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The Misadventures of Athelstan Digby, by W.F. Harvey (11/20).

April 16, 2013

“OH, OPIUM!” (2/3). [The two recent editions of William Fryer Harvey’s short stories from Tartarus Press and Wordsworth Classics have …

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The Misadventures of Athelstan Digby, by W.F. Harvey (10/20).

April 16, 2013

“OH, OPIUM!” (1/3). [The two recent editions of William Fryer Harvey’s short stories from Tartarus Press and Wordsworth Classics have …

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Earning Our Bonus.

April 13, 2013

The role of agency workers in the supreme war between Capital and Labour is not an especially noble one: they …

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Tourist Review (15): The Cairngorm Reindeer Herd.

April 3, 2013

When the sun is unveiled over the Highlands, the colours pounce out of the scenery. The tawny hills are unexpectedly …

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(3D) Printing Error.

March 21, 2013

On Monday night I visited my editor James at his apartment on Leith Walk and we slid in front of …

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