We Pick Up Amir’s Story Again.
We pick up Amir’s story again outside a one-bedroom apartment in Warrender Park Crescent. Amir has lived here since his …
Tag Archives: Students
Democracy Manager Job Application.
I am sad to report that I have little by way of new writing on the go at the moment. …
The Game.
I go with the game whenever I haven’t prepared anything else. I feel a strange sense of guilt about using …
Up, Up And Away.
Three days ago the whole house had been placed into lockdown. The students had been told that they could not …
Locked Down in Edinburgh (5).
Last week my editor, James, had moved into the one-bedroom attic apartment in Gorgie that is owned by Rufus Stewart, …
Pot.
Yesterday Marcin had phoned to announce that he would be late. Apparently some overfamiliar friend had driven off in his …
Libraries in the Era of COVID-19.
I have been trying to use the coronavirus lockdown to write some more ambitious literary criticism than appears customarily on …
Neighbours.
Marcin has been up to my cottage several times now and my next-door neighbour, Janet Harristane, has begun to remark …
“What is it like streaming to millions of people around the world?”
The first image is based on a screenshot from one of my favourite YouTube channels BEME News. It is intended …
Some Guys.
The USS Strike Comes to Holyrood.
Today there is feeble but pretty sunshine slanting across the pavements and everything in Edinburgh still looks a little sleek …
Lunchtime at the USS Strike.
It is midday and the University and College Union are holding their first rally of the strike. Bristo Square has …
The End of the Fringe: The Friday Night Effect.
Sunday’s Child are from Dublin and their new play “The Friday Night Effect” has just finished up at the Assembly …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Radio.
[The following contains spoilers.] Archie Thomson’s clever new black comedy “Radio” actually puts two different plays on stage and derives …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Snowflake by Mark Thomson.
No two snowflakes are alike, making them individualism perfected, but they are also drippy when things get hot and liable …
Tychy 