COVID-19 Vaccines and Bodily Autonomy.
I mean it’s not… I mean, I don’t… we are fortunate in this country that although we have vaccine hesitancy …
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Some More Nuts and Bolts of Edinburgh’s Economy.
There are two restaurants in this article. By chance, I was in the Southsider pub yesterday when I met a …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 26).
[SCENE: The courtyard of the Peartree. It is early afternoon and James is sitting at a picnic table in the …
The Sun Is Coming Out.
James had slunk into the turquoise waters of the Honeychile Lagoon and such was the effect of his thin body …
A Marxist Reading of the Lockdown.
In the UK, there cannot be many people left now who in their heart of hearts think that the lockdown …
The Story of the Old Man in the Tux.
I had been left standing marooned at the bar beside the old man in the tux. He looked me over …
Book Review: How To Survive Everything by Ewan Morrison.
[The following contains major spoilers.] Ewan Morrison’s latest novel, How To Survive Everything, begins on the road to the Scottish …
A Cocktail Crash-Lands.
The cafeteria seemed much cooler now that I had stopped eating. With faux-casualness, I had folded a used napkin over …
“So There’s This App…”
She, Tori, had suddenly loomed out of the muggy cafeteria, the steam that would bead on the bottles of soju, …
Book Review: Freedom!, An Anthology of Poems, Short Stories and Essays.
Freedom! is a treasury of helpful wisdom from thirty-six authors who are all “questioning Covid restrictions and lockdowns.” The preface …
Labour Is Now The Party Of The Union.
It is now clear that Thursday’s panoply of elections has strengthened the different parties of government at Westminster and Holyrood. …
The Knavery of “Keeping Safe.”
We have lately reached a stage in the COVID-19 pandemic in which the two most irritating words in the English …
Keeping “Keeping Safe” Safe.
To everybody’s horror, the UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is exhibiting all the signs of being a wonderful success. The Office …
Lockdown Haircut.
The Bane of the Buses.
It surely shakes Edinburgh’s status as a capital city that its bus network was finally closed in its entirety yesterday …
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