You wait months for some new writing from me, and then two come along at once.
Continue readingBooks of the year
25 OctI’ve just provided Shepherd (a book rating site) with my top three books from October 2023 to September 2024. (Weird cut-off points, I know.)
Continue readingNovel London Longlist
19 SepJust a quick one to say that my unpublished novel The Sarcophagus Scroll has been long-listed for the Novel London Literary Competition – whoohoo!
Continue readingA View from (and of) a Bridge
7 Sep
Many of you will know that I am a bit of a bridge enthusiast. How it happened is a long and not especially interesting story, but suffice it to say that I am now writing a book on Glasgow’s history told through its bridges. So naturally, I was very excited by the opening of the new Govan Footbridge (or the Pointy Bridge, as I insist on calling it).
Continue readingBudgie romance take 2: Artemis and Apollo
30 JulRegular readers will know that last year I bought a male companion for my lonely budgie, Artemis, and they hit it off like a Mills & Boon novel. But unlike a Mills & Boon novel, they did not live happily ever after because Parzival passed away after only a few months 😭
Continue readingThat sporting life
26 JulPeople who know me quite well probably know that I’m not very sporty myself and don’t have much interest in watching sport (although those who know me a bit better know that I love watching snooker and clear my diary for the two-day final of the World Snooker Championship every year). So it was an interesting and new challenge to interview former Rugby Union player Peter Browne.
Continue readingOutsmarted
15 Jul
If you’re a typical human being, you probably spend too much time staring at your smartphone. So do I. But a couple of weeks ago, my smartphone developed a fault and had to go in for repair. No one had a spare Android to lend me, so I thought I’d see how I coped without one.
Continue readingThe Imitation of Depression
9 JulI recently finished reading The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis. I read it slowly, because was my bathroom book (sorry if that’s too much information, but it’s a great way to read important but not terribly gripping books) but also because it just wasn’t very good.
Continue readingAn incredible true story
26 JunYou’ve probably heard those words too often, but this guy’s story really is incredible. He was shot at point blank range, twice, overdosed on drugs who knows how many times, and is still around to tell me all about it.
Continue readingTransports of joy
11 Apr
This week I’ve been staying in East Kilbride, guinea pig sitting, so I treated myself to a zonecard to make the rigmarole of travelling between Glasgow and EK less annoying. But the annoyingess of travel is very much in the eye of the traveller.
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