Tag Archives: Drink
On the Moral Status of Irn-Bru.
This could be the greatest political crisis that Scottish Labour has ever faced. In fact, knowing Scottish Labour, it probably …
Letter: Ban Alcohol Advertising in Sport.
[Tychy has today received a letter from a group of medical leaders, public health campaigners and health charities calling for …
Pablo.
“Pablo!” Edgar clapped his hands. “We need to be serious Pablo!” Pablo had never encountered anything serious, just as some …
Thornberry Snobbery: A Drop in the Ocean.
On the eve of last week’s Rochester and Strood by-election, the Labour shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry tweeted a photograph …
Home Wrecker: A Ghost Story for Halloween (2/2).
INTRODUCTION and PART 1. I had wanted to sit back and be alone with the city for a while, doing …
Home Wrecker: A Ghost Story for Halloween (1/2).
INTRODUCTION. Timothy was one of Pablo’s cronies, by which I mean that they both took drugs together. At parties, you …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (20).
[SCENE: The doorway of the Green Mantle. James is walking past when he pauses.] James [gloomily]: Oh hullo you two. …
Tourist Review (20): (The auld) Kirk Alloway.
So this is it. The kirk where a passing Tam o’Shanter had paused to watch the witches’ ceilidh. I immediately …
The Carpet, 1.30am.
There probably won’t be anything posted on Tychy for a while. The only thing in progress is a ghost story …
Stop Drinking!
[Previously on Tychy: “Avaunt, and Quit My Sight!”]
Sangria.
Tychy previously wrote about sangria here. The final image is based upon David Des Granges’ “The Saltonstall Family” (1636-7), which …
Ghosts Fly Their Asses Off Tonight.
I was as drunk as ten men when we left the Southsider. I had assumed that the night air would …
Edinburgh Late Night: A Preview of the Next Episode.
Presenter Tom Ross [looking sarcastic and yet exceedingly pleasant at the same time]: Welcome to another edition of Edinburgh Late …
The Fairy Boy of Leith.
[You may recognise this as a retelling of an old Edinburgh fireside tale.] Once his ship was berthed in Leith, …
