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From the Blog
We’re all getting excited.
Well, a very interesting time was had on the weekend of the premiere of T2. There was me taking a tour for my punters, with Radio Forth and Sky Entertainment in tow. My ideas of where to go and what to say went out of the window. See production teams? My punters...
read moreTrainspotting update – and it’s not just T2
All eyes this weekend are on Cineworld, Fountainbridge Edinburgh as T2 premieres tomorrow evening. More on that anon. Nice, eh? Looks like Begbie, but at the games machines they have there now, not the pool table. It's not just Danny Boyle who has to keep up. Leith is...
read moreBlwyddyn newydd dda
OK, I'm staying with the Welsh theme - you'll have to translate the heading yourself - although I'm back in the homeland now and I've had a couple of excellent tours over the Hogmanay. The level of knowledge and enthusiasm is wonderful. I've taken note of a couple of...
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