by tim_bell | Jan 24, 2020 | Latest News
Leith Festival kindly invited me to propose the toast at its fundraising Burns Supper this week. Here is the text in full; it had a mixed reception, and I accept that some may think it’s too political for the occasion, that’s a matter of judgement. Several...
by tim_bell | Dec 24, 2019 | Latest News
Dear Reader, Deck the halls with boughs of holly / T’is the season to be jolly / Don we now our gay apparel / Troll the ancient Yuletide carol / See the blazing Yule before us / Strike the harp and join the chorus / Follow me in merry measure… and so on,...
by tim_bell | Nov 26, 2019 | Latest News
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...
by tim_bell | Nov 22, 2019 | Latest News
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...
by tim_bell | Oct 31, 2019 | Latest News
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...
by tim_bell | Oct 31, 2019 | Latest News
If we had crashed out of the EU at the end of the month it would have put the clocks back fifty years, never mind the annual ritual of putting them back by an hour. But we didn’t. I am not in favour of referendums, but I have come to think that this is such a...
by tim_bell | Sep 29, 2019 | Latest News
As the colours of autumn begin to show and the leaves begin to fall, it’s time for some reflections. The book continues to do well, sales have been good and interest in it continues. Recently i have been dealing with a production company that is preparing a...
by tim_bell | Aug 30, 2019 | Latest News
Thanks to everyone – 125 folk – who came on the tour this month. I hope you all enjoyed it; for me it was a pleasure to meet such a wide variety of people with their different interests in the Trainspotting story. Some were into the literature, others the...
by tim_bell | Jul 31, 2019 | Latest News
Last week it was announced that the annual per capita death-rate in Scotland related to illicit drugs went through the 1,000 mark, giving Scotland the unenviable top position in not just the UK, not just the EU, but almost everywhere in what is called “the...
by tim_bell | Jun 28, 2019 | Latest News
After a busy May and June, what with the Leith Festival and a couple of book events, I have only a few tours in July before the August Fringe programme: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on#fq=venue_name%3A%22Custom%20House%22&q=*%3A* The two June events could...
