Tychy@ the Fringe: Blood Orange.
An expedition to the Summerhall is still always very exciting, even though it is over a year since this venue …
Tag Archives: Racism
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love UKIP.
Should my website come out as an open supporter of the UK Independence Party? Should I train this mighty cannon …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Beijing Cake.
[The following was posted on Facebook and Twitter by an anonymous audience member.] I cannot contain myself any longer! I …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Nirbhaya.
Sometimes a split-second decision can change your life. On 16 December 2012, the 23 year old physiotherapy student Jyoti Singh …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Diablo.
Although some shows had started yesterday, the Fringe does not officially begin until tomorrow. At C Aquila, where I have …
Trams to the Slaughter.
I sometimes drop into Broomhouse public library whenever I have an hour or two spare between shifts. You are unlikely …
Farage in Scotland: The Rough Wooing.
Yesterday a politician from a party with no elected representatives in Scotland ended up squabbling with around fifty students outside …
Readings of Ringstones: Calmahain.
[Tychy has previously written about “A Christmas Story,” “Capra” and “The Khan.” Ed.] Sarban’s Ringstones and Other Curious Tales (1951) …
The Hobbit: A Tale for Our Time.
[Scene: Bag End in Hobbiton. Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is padding around his front porch. There is a knock on …
Dancing with Liberty: The Show Must Go On.
The city was in festival and the pressure group “Don’t Dance with Israeli Apartheid” was preparing a noisy boycott of …
Tychy@ the Fringe: I Heart Hamas.
Jennifer Jajeh does not heart Hamas. She is barely Palestinian. Her show “I Heart Hamas” is currently established at the …
Liberty for Liam Stacey.
Two Saturdays back, the Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed with a heart attack during an FA quarter final match …
Readings of Ringstones: Capra.
When Sarban‘s Ringstones and Other Curious Tales was published in 1951, the collection was generally well-received, with the sole exception …
The Little Fascist.
I had not spoken with my old friend Charlotte for over two years, and, with a mild surprise at how …
Noctes Ambrosianae (16).
[SCENE: The Cloisters.] Tychy: Out of all of the documents which you have asked me to read in preparation for …
