The Right to Pornography.
Pornography, as most people eventually discover, bears as much resemblance to reality as the dead surface of the moon does …
Tag Archives: Teenager
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 …
The Hill to Bedfordshire (3/3).
[#1 and #2.] The next morning, Gareth and Joe stood at the back door. Joe was picking at the most …
The Hill to Bedfordshire (2/3).
[#1.] Mary drove over to Beheading St Boniface for the morning. She had decided to consult Natty Daws, the village …
The Hill to Bedfordshire (1/3).
[“The Hill to Bedfordshire” is an old story which was first written several years before Tychy came into the world. …
Short Story Review: Young Skins.
It’s very hard to write about Colin Barrett’s debut collection of short fiction, Young Skins, without resorting to gender as …
#Indyref Anguish: The Boredom Factor.
How many people will vote Yes in the forthcoming independence referendum simply because the status quo is boring? This question …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Queen B.
[The following contains spoilers.] It is a well-thumbed recipe for a Nottingham New Theatre Fringe show: the adult-themed drama which …
Dancer.
I think that I’ll probably look back on so much green as a mistake.
Nocturne (1/2).
When you are young you can take a single gulp of air and then party all around the city without …
Tychy@ the Fringe: DNA
You know that you’re getting old when a classic GCSE set text was written several years after you had finished …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Little Foot.
“Little Foot” would acquire considerably larger audiences if the company behind it kept quiet about the fact that they are …
Valentines.
Edinburgh had lately enjoyed three days of unbroken sunshine and everybody was wondering when it was going to end. It …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Moth to the Flame.
There are only two days – but four performances – left of Annie McCourt’s innovative and award-winning new play “Moth …
Trial By Water.
I had known Marcin for over three years before I finally met his elder brother. I think that I was …
