• “Potatoes Bound In Platinum”: The Best of TYCHY Fiction.
  • How to Read TYCHY.

Tychy

~ Original Fiction and Illustrations – Literary Criticism with Cojones – Edinburgh in the Twenty-First Century.

Tychy

Category Archives: Editorial

Housework Done.

June 8, 2022

I have made a couple of new pages to update the website presentationally and to help it put itself forward …

Continue reading →

You Read It Here First.

August 16, 2021

Yesterday, the Taliban finally seized Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, ending a NATO intervention in that country that has haunted politics throughout …

Continue reading →

Ombhurbhuva on John Waters.

November 22, 2018

I have no new material today or probably for a while. Here, however, is a picture that deserves a second …

Continue reading →

Ten Years of Tychy.

February 8, 2018

At the Hive, everybody was sucking on tiny lollipops and drinking cocktails with Nutella in. Polly had given her sister …

Continue reading →

“Up At The House”: A User’s Companion.

January 11, 2016

The new girl was sitting about in the kitchen, unsure of how to help in the running of the household. …

Continue reading →

“Up at the House”: Prefatory Noises.

June 23, 2015

The first episodes of “Up at the House” were written in Lisbon last November, almost all of them in the …

Continue reading →

The End of the Fringe: The Reviewers (or “How To Be A Theatre Critic at the Edinburgh Fringe.”)

August 25, 2014

The Edinburgh Fringe is always filled with injustice and this is usually dispensed by critics whose reviews mix casual cruelty …

Continue reading →

(FRINGE INTERVAL) Cojones: An Unmitigated Apology.

August 17, 2013

Tychy aspires to be a prosateur. Not a journalist or an author, but somebody who specialises in sculpting beautiful prose. …

Continue reading →

Corstorphine Hill Mystery Letter.

May 24, 2013

Here is the text of a handwritten letter which I today found (and left) taped to the bench at the …

Continue reading →

Tychy Review of 2012.

December 28, 2012

So we’ve all made it through 2012 in one piece. Another year the wiser, or else another year more demoralised, …

Continue reading →

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’s Independence Referendum.

October 18, 2012

The Westminster and Holyrood governments have together agreed to hold a legally-binding referendum on Scottish independence before the end of …

Continue reading →

Regurgitating the Nation: A Measly Opium for the Masses.

May 2, 2012

What is the difference between “belonging” to a nation and joining a bank? Almost all individuals find themselves relying upon …

Continue reading →

Christian Theology and the Easter Bunny.

April 6, 2012

The first missionaries to set foot in Anglo-Saxon England attempted to render Christmas and the celebration of Christ’s resurrection satisfactory …

Continue reading →

Tychy Review of 2011.

December 28, 2011

With a chain of unexpected revolutions across the Arab world and popular faith in the European Union plummeting, future historians …

Continue reading →

Posts of Christmas Past.

December 19, 2011

Previous Christmas baubles hauled down from the attic… Readings of Ringstones: A Christmas Story. The Devil on Your Back: A …

Continue reading →

← Older posts

Recently Tweeted.

  • Diving down, down through the different layers of Perceval Landon's superb - and much anthologised - ghost story "T… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
  • RT @AyoCaesar: If you've got the money to sue the Tate Modern, you've got the money to buy some fucking curtains. 3 days ago
  • RT @ollywainwright: Why the Tate Modern ruling marks a disastrous step for the future of our cities theguardian.com/artanddesign/2… 3 days ago
  • RT @jeremycorbyn: Today, 500,000 workers are taking historic strike action. They are striking for decent pay. They are striving for socia… 3 days ago
  • RT @AyoCaesar: How dare those greedy train drivers go on strike, don’t they know there’s teachers struggling? How dare those greedy teache… 3 days ago
Follow @TychyWordpress

PHOTO OF THE DAY (INSTAGRAM)

https://www.instagram.com/tychywordpress/

Categories

  • Arts Review
  • Democracy on Trial.
  • Editorial
  • Fringe Review
  • Gallery of Illustrations
  • Guest Fiction.
  • Indyref Anguish
  • Literary Review
  • MANSIZE Companions
  • Podcast Review
  • Quotes
  • Reflections upon Contemporary Events.
  • Short Stories.
  • Short Story Review
  • Stem Cells for the Masses
  • The Noctes Ambrosianae
  • Tourist Review
  • Twin Peaks Diary
  • Tychy Shorts
  • Tychy's Tunis
  • YouTube Review

Agency Workers American Literature Art BBC Blogging Book review. Books Boris Johnson Brexit Capitalism Cartoon Children Christianity Coronavirus Country House COVID-19 Crime Death Democracy Dreams Drink Drugs Edinburgh Edinburgh Festival Edinburgh Fringe Edinburgh University Employment Agency EU Referendum European Union Family Feminism Financial Meltdown Freedom of Speech Ghosts Ghost Story Health History Horror Humor Illustration Immigration Literary criticism Love Lovers Marriage Marxism Melancholy. Minimum Wage Morality Murder Nathaniel Hawthorne Nationalism Nicola Sturgeon Opinion Party Podcasting Podcast Review Politics Pub Racism Satire Scotland Scottish Independence Scottish Nationalism Sex Short Story SNP Students Surgeon's Hall Technology Teenager Theatre Review The Devil William Shakespeare work

Top Posts

  • The Horror of Daisy Brown and Alan.
  • What is afoot at Perceval Landon’s Thurnley Abbey?
  • How Well Does @gr3gory88 Work?
  • Book Review: The History of Sleep.
  • A Feminist Reading of Mario Puzo's The Godfather.
  • YouTube Review: “Terrifying moment night security guard films ghostly shadow.”
  • YouTube Review: Fascinating Horror.
  • YouTube Review: Vic Berger and Aamon Animations.
  • YouTube Review: Barely Sociable / Octolab TV.
  • Premonitory Tales: From Dickens' Signalman to the Radio Broadcasts of A. J. Alan (3/6).

Recent Comments

Olive on Letter from a Sufferer of Vagi…
The Botendaddy on Gender Recognition Reform: How…
The Botendaddy on Short Story Review: “The Year…
tychy on 2022 in the words of Tychy et…
The Botendaddy on 2022 in the words of Tychy et…
tychy on TV Review: The Mezzotint.
The Botendaddy on Short Story Review: “Gentlemen…
The Botendaddy on An Introduction to Exploring F…
The Botendaddy on Book Review: Harold Wilson, Th…
The Botendaddy on By The Moon’s Lantern.
oronyavetz on Ghosts on the Golf Course…
The Botendaddy on Nicola Sturgeon Is No Rev…
The Botendaddy on By The Moon’s Lantern.
tychy on Puzzling Over “Edinburgh Uni…
The Botendaddy on Puzzling Over “Edinburgh Uni…

Blog Stats

  • 762,701 hits

BEST OF WORDPRESS

Scotland

  • #gurumedia (Edinburgh University).
  • Conter
  • Cum Lazaro
  • Edinburgh Coffee Lovers
  • Edinburgh Daily Photo
  • Edinburgh Evening News.
  • Edinburgh Eye
  • Edinburgh Zoo Blog
  • EHFM (Edinburgh Community Radio)
  • Emancipation & Liberation
  • Ken Macleod
  • Lallands Peat Worrier
  • Leithal Yak.
  • Leonard Hawksmoor
  • Literary Corstorphine
  • Old Edinburgh Club
  • Real Edinburgh
  • Sceptical Scot
  • Scottish Economy Watch
  • Scottish Geisha
  • Shuggy's Blog.
  • Southside and Newington Newsblog
  • Susie in Scotland
  • The Drouth
  • The Edinburgh Reporter
  • The Egg
  • The Wee Red Bar

Blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • Tychy
    • Join 588 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Tychy
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...