Tychy@ the Fringe: Meat.
[The following contains mild spoilers.] Welcome to the ruling class. The pseudo-infrastructure of university clubs and societies is usually a …
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Book Review: The Edinburgh LDP’s Main Issues Report.
“The LDP can’t guarantee that houses are built…” is probably the most significant line in the recently-published Main Issues Report, …
Mysteries of Pablo: Case One.
[Since the retirement of Detective Inspector Rebus, Edinburgh has lacked a leading crimefighter. It has happily come to my attention, …
Alain de Botton: Another Point of View.
Pontificating about pontificating is a deplorable habit in any website; and the millionaire self-help “philosopher” Alain de Botton seems to …
A Brief Report from the Edinburgh University Anti-Cuts Protest.
I only joined the demonstration organised by the Edinburgh University Anti-Cuts Coalition as it reached Haymarket, on its way to …
Too Big to Fail? – The End of the Edinburgh University Settlement.
The Roxy Art House’s “Death Weekend” was advertised as a “celebration of death on Halloween weekend” – with parties featuring …
Battlefield.
Dr. Farzin Harim had been up since six ministering to his students, until his research assistant Mahsa had finally warned …
Tychy Time-Out.
[The Tychy media outlet will not be posting anything for a month or so, not least because I'm on holiday …
Foretold with Plant Feeder.
I have many stories in the cellars of my mind – each waits like a bottle of whisky for the …
Art for Our Sake: The E.C.A.’s failing “Vision.”
If this country ever gets around to having an election and David Cameron is installed as our prime minister, then …
Pizza/Octomonkey.
When I first lived in Edinburgh, I briefly dated a girl called Ewa. She was practically my only friend in …
Social Anarchy and the Edinburgh University Student Newspaper.
Although the semester has scarcely begun, the University of Edinburgh’s have-a-go student newspaper has already succeeded in pissing me off …
Pageant of the old J.M.C.
Denizens of digital modernity may erroneously assume that their culture is now endlessly, aimlessly recording itself. The historians of the …
A Marchmont Seance.
Last night I stopped by at Tori and Ricardo’s flat for a nightcap, only to find myself gatecrashing the mother …
The Tron.
Somebody has to be brave, somebody needs to find the courage to say it, and I, for one, will finally …
