A World Without Twitter.
If Jonathan Swift was alive today and he decided to write a grand satire of social democracy, it could not …
Tag Archives: Freedom of Speech
YouTube Review: GB News.
A lot of yodelling has issued from every mountaintop recently on the subject of GB News, this right-leaning, television-news channel …
The Significance of the Salmond/Sturgeon “Failed State” Spat.
In 2019 a decision was taken by Scotland’s Crown Office to charge the former First Minister, Alex Salmond, with multiple …
Chewing On Jackson Carlaw.
“I can’t help but wonder what part sharing this may have played in today’s events.” This is Andrew Tickell, the …
Ombhurbhuva on John Waters.
I have no new material today or probably for a while. Here, however, is a picture that deserves a second …
The Reverend Stuart Campbell Sues for Defamation!
What bliss it was to be alive in Bath that morning. As the Reverend Stuart Campbell was preaching his sermon …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 23).
[SCENE: The outside seating at the 56 North gin bar. Tychy, James, Tori, Pablo and Hutu the Clown are sitting …
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. …
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 …
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