Tycienski Observed.
“Tell me about Tycienski.” My voice came so soft and faraway from the darkness that the night itself might have …
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What Can The Matter Be?
There had been a single sunny day, in between the cool days and the gloomy ones, rather like a peal …
The House On The Table.
England was currently losing eight-nil to Wales. Harry Kane was waddling dementedly round and round in circles. Marcus Rashford had …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 27).
[SCENE: The interior of the Bennets Bar. James, Tychy and Tori are seated four tables down with bottles and glasses of …
A Late Lunch on the Southside.
Pippa and Reggie sat down to a late lunch in a café on Nicolson Street. By the by, a strange …
A Pentland Demon.
[A Pentland Artist.] One afternoon Ann had telephoned me from over the hills. Her voice had sounded so small and …
A Read Through.
I went over to James’s flat in Gorgie yesterday morning. We had agreed to read through a manuscript together. This …
A Pentland Artist.
Today I shall write out something that I had witnessed many years ago, here in the Pentland Hills, when I …
Pippa Rampant.
Pippa was rampaging down a EUSA corridor and her two handlers, Clive and Bea, were racing after her. These days …
Arts Review: “Free Original Art” at 62 Augustine’s Street, Norwich.
I had seen the poster in the window of an art-supplies shop on St Benedict’s Street. “Free Original Art” is …
Up From Royal Circus.
Tori and I were walking up from Royal Circus, up to where Edinburgh’s head seems to suddenly clear and Stockbridge …
At Sea With Claud Orkish.
This is a Christmas story but the brunt of it concerns the sea. It will start in something like the …
Puzzling Over “Edinburgh Uni Sleeps.”
Student life at the University of Edinburgh now and then turns up some quirky little social-media knick-knack. @edisleepzzz is a …
Live By The Sword.
Andrzej Štefan had been sitting waiting at one of the high tables by the window. He was waiting for the …
Niceties.
Our new barman was called Micky and he was from Ukraine. He had been in Ukraine as early ago as …
Tychy 