The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 22).
[SCENE: The BrewDog on the Cowgate, an apparently half-dismantled bar with bare brickwork on the walls and a stripped-away ceiling. …
Tag Archives: Freedom of Speech
Why We Must Tolerate Scottish Dawn.
Let’s meet Scotland’s newest political party. Scottish Dawn is a neo-Nazi youth movement that occupies essentially the same point on …
The Right to Pornography.
Pornography, as most people eventually discover, bears as much resemblance to reality as the dead surface of the moon does …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Denial.
James Douglas’ “Denial” is the first of three interlinked plays about the Nazi Holocaust, all of which are, or will …
A Tweet Too Far.
The news today: somebody has said something rather injudicious and they are in a lot of trouble. They have to …
Funtime.
“We’ve got to stand up for the right to take the piss out of these monsters, these fools, these posturing …
2014 in the words of Tychy et al.
“I see that you spend a lot of time tweeting about Scottish independence…” “I do!” I laughed with surprise. “Over …
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 …
Content Warning: Censorship.
Leaked Editorial Minutes Reveal the Student Newspaper’s Shocking Discussions of Censorship, Smears, Defamation and Harassment. Leaked minutes reveal that the …
How the University of Edinburgh was turned into a Victorian melodrama.
Are you a crusading student who is aflame with idealism and ready to give society a good shake up? Oh, …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Such A Nice Girl.
Jen McGregor’s “Such A Nice Girl” is the stablemate of Jen Adam’s earlier play “Warrior,” with both sharing the venue …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Warrior.
Jen Adam’s new play “Warrior” has been brought to St John’s Episcopal Church by Black Dingo Productions. In a bare …
Boycott the Edinburgh Fringe!
Tychy has today received an open letter signed by fifty of Scotland’s leading arts figures, including the national poet Liz …
A Painting for the Fourth of June.
Zeng Fanzhi, Detail from Xia-Ho hospital series (1992).
More on that “Right to be Forgotten.”
Imagine that you are the director of executive responsibility at a prominent city bank. I’ll give you a moment. Right, …
