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A World Without Twitter.

November 12, 2022

If Jonathan Swift was alive today and he decided to write a grand satire of social democracy, it could not …

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YouTube Review: GB News.

July 6, 2021

A lot of yodelling has issued from every mountaintop recently on the subject of GB News, this right-leaning, television-news channel …

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The Significance of the Salmond/Sturgeon “Failed State” Spat.

February 26, 2021

In 2019 a decision was taken by Scotland’s Crown Office to charge the former First Minister, Alex Salmond, with multiple …

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Chewing On Jackson Carlaw.

August 1, 2020

“I can’t help but wonder what part sharing this may have played in today’s events.” This is Andrew Tickell, the …

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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 …

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The Reverend Stuart Campbell Sues for Defamation!

October 15, 2018

What bliss it was to be alive in Bath that morning. As the Reverend Stuart Campbell was preaching his sermon …

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The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 23).

July 19, 2018

[SCENE: The outside seating at the 56 North gin bar. Tychy, James, Tori, Pablo and Hutu the Clown are sitting …

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The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 22).

March 22, 2018

[SCENE: The BrewDog on the Cowgate, an apparently half-dismantled bar with bare brickwork on the walls and a stripped-away ceiling. …

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Why We Must Tolerate Scottish Dawn.

September 20, 2017

Let’s meet Scotland’s newest political party. Scottish Dawn is a neo-Nazi youth movement that occupies essentially the same point on …

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The Right to Pornography.

February 6, 2017

Pornography, as most people eventually discover, bears as much resemblance to reality as the dead surface of the moon does …

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Tychy@ the Fringe: Denial.

August 8, 2015

James Douglas’ “Denial” is the first of three interlinked plays about the Nazi Holocaust, all of which are, or will …

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A Tweet Too Far.

June 15, 2015

The news today: somebody has said something rather injudicious and they are in a lot of trouble. They have to …

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Funtime.

January 8, 2015

“We’ve got to stand up for the right to take the piss out of these monsters, these fools, these posturing …

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2014 in the words of Tychy et al.

December 28, 2014

“I see that you spend a lot of time tweeting about Scottish independence…” “I do!” I laughed with surprise. “Over …

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Letter: Ban Alcohol Advertising in Sport.

December 27, 2014

[Tychy has today received a letter from a group of medical leaders, public health campaigners and health charities calling for …

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