by tim_bell | Sep 14, 2014 | Latest News
Scotland is buzzing. You can feel the evangelical surge in favour of ‘independence’, and I share the ambition of most of those who will vote YES on Thursday: a fairer society, governments that we elect locally, etc etc. But a YES vote is bound to...
by tim_bell | Aug 20, 2014 | Latest News
I offered to go to Glasgow for the IndyRefDebate, Salmond vs Darling next Monday, this time on BBC, so there shouldn’t be any transmission cock-ups. To help my cause I submitted the killer question, but they must have plenty of white British semi-retired males so I...
by tim_bell | Aug 1, 2014 | Latest News
See the Walks page for the August programme of Trainspotting tours. There are no tickets. All I ask is that you call or text or email me no later than the night before. They are not Fringe events – do you know how much it costs to be a Fringe event these days?...
by tim_bell | Jul 31, 2014 | Latest News
In July The Guardian newspaper asked several Scottish scribes for a short piece on the subject of the up-coming referendum. There’s some bullshit there, believe me, and to be fair, it isn’t all written by Welsh. But try this: after saying that in his own experience of...
by tim_bell | May 31, 2014 | Latest News
UKIP sure poked a stick up SNP noses last week when Scotland voted in a separatist, bigoted MEP. To quote Spud: ‘Ah jist sort ay laugh whin some cats say that racism’s an English thing and we’re aw Jock Tamson’s bairns up here…’...
by tim_bell | Apr 26, 2014 | Latest News
There were lots of nice people at the Dockers’ Club yesterday for the unveiling of a new mural depicting scenes from old Leith. It was a nice do, with plenty of well-kent faces, many friendly conversations and nobody grandstanding, even though, to my surprise,...
