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Salmond Flounders On The Sand

Image: BBC

There was a sleepover in my house on Saturday night so yesterday morning, despite the rain, I left the house relatively early to gain respite from teenage girls who wear far too much make-up and think wearing scarves 24-hours a day is a good idea.
Half way up Leith Walk I remembered that Hibernian was [...]

April 26th, 2010 | Tags: Alex Salmond, BBC, Books, coffee shop, debate, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editing, Fiction, Football, General Election, Hibernian, Holyrood, Leith Walk, Observer, Old Firm, Politics, Rangers, sleepover, SNP, SPL, Twitter, voting, Westminster, Writing | Category: Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Film & TV, Leith, Politics, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a comment

Observer Trouble

Image: Orhan Tsolak

I can’t believe the rumours that the Observer might be going to shut its doors. I first picked up the scent of this from David Mitchell via Twitter, and it seems to have some substance to it. Despite circulation not falling, unlike some other newspapers, the possibility that the paper might be closing [...]

August 6th, 2009 | Tags: baby sitting, dogs, Fleet Street, journalism, journalists, media, newspaper, Observer, print, Reading, Swine Flu, the press, Writing | Category: Animals, Books, Day Job, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (2)