Flutter By.
In the south of Edinburgh, on the generally less civilised side of the bypass, stands a butterfly sanctuary. The butterflies …
Tag Archives: Satire
Fish Hell (Shark).
SEAHORSES. CODFISH. OCTOPUS. I had caught an early train and the day was still barely a glimmer around the rim …
Fish Hell (Octopus).
After the aquarium had closed and it had been made sufficiently presentable again for the next day, we all gathered …
Fish Hell (Codfish).
A chance meeting in front of the piranha tanks. The exhibits hung behind us, poised in all of their sinister …
Fish Hell (Seahorses).
The staff meeting had been scheduled before the aquarium opened for the day. This meeting had bowled in clean out …
Who is LURK?
On Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean there dwells a particular species of red crab that once a year emerges …
A Solution to the Backstop.
In remarkable news from Venezuela, a recent dispute has left the country with two presidents. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, …
The Students Who Were Made of Glass.
The Vice-Chancellor’s personal assistant had managed to briefly recapture him. It was late morning and she had fastened on to …
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 Last Ever Can of Irn-Bru in the World.
I went to visit Angus shortly after the twelfth referendum. NO had once again won by the slenderest of margins. …
Time to Crash Out!
Summer is here, the city is fresher than it’s felt in a long time, and it’s time to crash out! …
The Barriers: A Fable of Globalisation.
Dawn brought a fretful little breeze and Erastus Balloo lumbering along in his sepia hatchback, a car so undistinguished that …
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. …
Lord Andrew Adonis’ Guide to the European Union.
Once, within the boundaries of the European Union, there was a very wise philosopher named Andrew Adonis. He was so …
