Book Review: The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies.
[In taking all of the quotes in this review from an e-book facsimile of The Secret Commonwealth, I have switched …
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An Ettrick Fairy Story.
There are occasions when their world impinges playfully upon our own. Imagine finding yourself placed opposite a beautiful woman at …
Arts Review: David Forster’s Edgelands.
“Is that…? No, it can’t be… Oh no, it definitely is!” It’s tippex! I should state immediately that I have …
The Secret Tribulations of the Peat Worrier.
The thistles were dozing pleasantly in the late afternoon sunshine as the Lallands Peat Worrier and his students cantered down …
Democracy on Trial: On the Bendability of Norway.
In the run up to the 2014 referendum, we were offered an enticing preview of what an independent Scotland would …
Arts Review: David Forster’s “Passages.”
It is as if nature is officially announcing that winter is over. There is the gaiety of a blue sky …
The Named Person Mysteries: The Case of the Teetotal Teenager.
[It has just occurred to me that there has never been, in the entire history of detective fiction, a detective …
2015 in the words of Tychy et al.
Week 1: Magazine’s editors and staff get No Platformed by the National Union of Students on the grounds that their …
Stem Cells and the Left.
[The following was written early last month for the “Viewpoints” comments section on the Scottish Left Project website. Modelled on …
The Story of the Indian Diamond.
Ted’s eyes gleamed. “You must be angry about this, Pa. I’ve known decades to pass without you ever mentioning the …
A Warm Welcome to Jim Murphy.
Tychy opposes the idea that what the Left really needs at this point in the coma is a nationalist revival. …
#Indyref Epilogue.
Scotland voted No last week, but I suppose that it could have been worse. The 19th September was a terrible …
#Indyref Anguish: Failed State.
So yesterday an independent Scotland died in the street, butchered by a mob. And I snuck in amongst the throng …
#Indyref Anguish: The Unnamed Wilderness.
On the 30th August, Hampshire police obtained a European arrest warrant for the parents of a severely ill five-year-old boy …
Letter from the Man in the Moon (3).
My dear, good friend Tycienski. Even though there is rarely any news to report from up here on the moon, …
