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 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
In an extraordinary combination of events, the Indy debate has suddenly been thrown into sharp focus. First there was the Commonwealth Games, which showed the good will that can be generated by sharing. Never mind the events and performances, which were wonderful....
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 | Jun 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Thanks to everyone (thirty-one people) who came along for a tour over the Leith Festival programme. And thanks to the Dockers’ Club, who do everything they can to make it easy for me and memorable for the Trainspotters. And while we’re on the subject (see...
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,...
by tim_bell | Mar 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Leith Festival is always something to look forward to. I’m doing three turn-up-and-go tours at budget prices – see The Walks page – and it will be good to see you. I went on the Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour the other week, to make comparisons. They...
by tim_bell | Feb 26, 2014 | Latest News
So now writing the book isn’t all sitting on front of my keyboard. The other day I went on location to Glasgow to check out Barrowlands, where Tommy and Davie Mitchell go to the Iggy Pop gig. Tommy has his crazed epiphany as The Man looks straight at him and...
