A Scottish Highlands Ghost Story.
[It has become customary for Tychy to publish a ghost story on or around Halloween, but unfortunately the world has …
Tag Archives: Scotland
Labour Is Now The Party Of The Union.
It is now clear that Thursday’s panoply of elections has strengthened the different parties of government at Westminster and Holyrood. …
The Fallacy of IndyRef2.
Sometimes it is worth returning to original assumptions – assumptions that have remained undisturbed for a long time – just …
A Silly Story.
[Most of this long short story was written last summer. It owes its entire existence to the generous furlough payments …
New Adventures for Donald Trump.
With the defeat of Donald Trump, the country now faces the gravest possible crisis. Everywhere that we look, there is …
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 …
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 …
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