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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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Tychy@ the Fringe: Glory Dazed.

August 26, 2012

Cat Jones’ play “Glory Dazed,” which finishes up today at the Underbelly, contends that there is a disproportionately high number …

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This Is The Country You Live In.

April 22, 2012

His daughter, Haley, was to blame. Haley was only three, however, and it is generally considered unreasonable to blame a …

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Interview with Yang Guang and Tian Tian.

December 13, 2011

[Scene: The Standing Order.] Tychy: So how much time will we have with them? James: They said that they would …

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Gripes at the Grapes.

November 6, 2011

Tychy has never set foot in the Grapes, an “old man’s pub” on Clerk Street, because I like pretty girls …

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Tori and Renata.

October 24, 2011

Women are like drinks – you should never mix them, or else the result is invariably a terrible headache – …

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The Weathercock.

July 29, 2011

I had coffee with my friend Anna in the Metropole café today, and she told me an interesting story. To …

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Heebie Jeebies.

June 25, 2011

Let me take you back several summers to when Marcin was fixated with the pygmies. He had read about the …

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Noctes Ambrosianae (17).

June 20, 2011

[SCENE: Finnegan’s Wake.] Tychy:… you take your life into your hands. Renata once visited a retreat on the Isle of …

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A Quote for Burns Night.

January 25, 2011

“SHEPHERD. You’ve really served up a bonny wee neat bit sooper for three, Mr Awmbrose. I hate, for my ain …

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Noctes Ambrosianae (16).

January 21, 2011

[SCENE: The Cloisters.] Tychy: Out of all of the documents which you have asked me to read in preparation for …

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Noctes Ambrosianae (15).

June 23, 2010

[SCENE: The Standing Order.] Pablo: Ah, the World Cup! James: I’m not really following it… Pablo: But you’re supporting England? …

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The Haunted Ball.

April 19, 2010

I had coffee with my friend Anna in the Bongo Club today, and she told me an interesting story. The …

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The Walk.

March 3, 2010

A block of insurance offices with a fine view of Arthur’s Seat stacked up grandly outside like a wedding cake. …

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Foretold with Plant Feeder.

December 14, 2009

I have many stories in the cellars of my mind – each waits like a bottle of whisky for the …

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