by tim_bell | Jul 30, 2016 | Latest News
‘Ere the month is out, I must blog. It is written. So, dear reader(s? – more than one? – that would be nice), I blog. (does “to blog” exist as a verb? – Ed.) You must not think, dear reader(s?), that I blog for blogging’s...
by tim_bell | Jun 24, 2016 | Latest News
Oh dear me. What went wrong? It all felt good on Leith Walk, campaigning yesterday afternoon for an IN vote. Maybe as many as 20% of people to whom I gave a flyer and had a brief word of encouragement were European nationals living here and unable to vote. It turns...
by tim_bell | Jun 22, 2016 | Latest News
The day before – tomorrow is the big day, and I can only worry about what the situation will be on Friday morning. With many others, I am seriously depressed at the level of conversation. Basically, the Leave side, making its appeal to the heart not the head,...
by tim_bell | Jun 13, 2016 | Latest News
I don’t know what they are going to call the film of Porno the book – they can’t give it the title of the book, who could ever Google that? “Trainspotting 2” is all I’ve heard. It’s a bit feeble, it’s clearly trading on...
by tim_bell | May 7, 2016 | Latest News
There is always an interest in Trainspotting, often taking the form of a look at how Leith has changed – or not changed – since the 1980s days of the heroin epidemic. Recently a French journo and his photographer were in town. See the images here....