Freedom From The Mundane

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It has been a crazy but magnificent few days both at the Edinburgh Book Festival and on the gigging front, I don’t quite know how to begin. When I last had the time to sit down and write a blog entry it was Thursday morning and I was about to head through to Glasgow [...]

September 1st, 2010 | Tags: Antonia Fraser, Au Bar, AudioBoo, author's tent, Celtic fans, Charlotte Square, Clockwork Pub, Don Paterson, Donald S Murray, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Emerging Writers' Festival Australia, gig, Glasgow, Glasgow Academy, Harold Pinter, Hilton, Interview, Joyce Carol Oates, Katharine Hibbert, Kevin Barry, Limp Bizkit, Lisa Dempster, Louise Welsh, Modest Mouse, Music, Picture House, press tent, Ryan van Winkle, Sheena Iyangor, Simon van Booy, wedding, Will Self, yurt | Category: Books, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Fiction, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Interviews, Music, Poetry, Reading, Writing | Comments (4)

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It was back to work for me yesterday after a couple of hell-raising days off work. I was through in Glasgow on Tuesday and got back late on Wednesday afternoon, my mood one of cheery ridiculousness after a day out with my sister, a few beverages partaken, and a superb gig [...]

June 11th, 2010 | Tags: Barrowlands, Beatrice and Virgil, Books, Canada, Canadian Prime Minister, Canongate Press, Clockwork Pub, DIY, Fiction, Gala Day, Glasgow, Holocaust, Leith, Leith Festival, Leith Links, Life of Pi, literature, live gigs, Ludovics, Music, painting, pizza, Reading, Stephen Harper, Supergrass, tartar sauce, Travers Theatre, Waterstones, Yann Martel | Category: Art, Books, Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing | Leave a comment

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It was a weekend to remember; a weekend never to forget. From St. Mirren Park on Saturday (arguably forgettable) to Depeche Mode on Saturday night (definitely forgettable), and from the ska party in Glasgow on Sunday to the Madness gig itself, it was a great weekend topped off by one of the best Madness [...]

December 15th, 2009 | Tags: 1980s, bevy, booze, Clockwork Pub, Depeche Mode, friends, Glasgow, live gigs, Madness, Mount Florida, Music, O2 Academy, Paisley, Pivo Pivo, ska, skinheads, St Mirren | Category: Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Photography, Sport | Comments (2)