As I write this, the Solas Festival is happening in Perthshire, and I’m not there. I’m at home, although I…
Whilst nosing around on YouTube earlier, I discovered that it’s possible to watch every single episode of the 1980s school…
I’ve always been a big fan of The Human League. It dates back to when my sister bought a copy…
After resolving an unfortunate technical problem that prevented me posting for a while, I’m keen to be a bit more…
This is a piece I originally posted in April 2021, but due to a technical problem the original post is…
I recently interviewed Mark Jenkin for my column in The Idler magazine. He’s a British film-maker who has adopted very…
Yesterday morning, my son and I got up very early to sample the first passenger-carrying run of a new form…
When I was a little kid in the seventies, there were only three TV channels in the UK, and there…
It’s been almost a year since I last hiked off to a bothy and spent some time in it, so…
When I was a teenager, I was passionate about writing poems. I won’t claim they were any good, but I…