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From the Blog
World AIDS Day
1st December is a bit special this year, in Leith. A 1-hour documentary film has been shot here for screening on 2 December - the nearest they could get to the Day itself, the election has been messing about with the schedules - on BBC! at 2100 hrs, that is 9.00...
read moreIt might have been my most dangerous gig. It was my best.
Last night in Custom House I met with 30 or so people and discussed my book with Gordon Munro and everyone in the room. But not only my book. Many of these people had vivid memories of 1980s Leith, the heroin scene and the arrival of HIV. To my great relief, nothing...
read moreCustom House, 21 November
Come along to Custom House on 21 November: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/choose-life-choose-leith-a-conversation-with-tim-bell-tickets-77279696653 . It's ticketed but free. I'll be in conversation with Gordon Munro, man of Leith, city councillor and Labour candidate...
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