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London and an Oral Saga
Image: Colin Galbraith Oral Hell I’ve been unable to write for around a week now. Things were good up to last Sunday night when I returned from London, then I visited the dental hospital in Edinburgh to have two wisdom … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Photography, Poetry, Travel, UK, Writing
Tagged Buckingham Palace, Camden Market, Camden Town, chapbook, David Gilmour, dental, dental hospital, Docklands, Dublin Castle, Embankment, extraction, FA Cup Final, London, London Eye, Nick Mason, O2, O2 Arena, oral surgery, Photography, Pink Floyd, poems, Poetry, Roger Waters. The Wall, sightseeing, St. Paul's Cathedral, teeth, Tower Hill, Trafalgar Square, Westminster, Whitehall, wisdom tooth, Writing
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A Right Royal Day Out
Image: simplyairlines.com My mother came to town yesterday and what a day we did have. We were all over and took in royalty, government, museums, pubs, a meal and a show. And all the while the sun shone brightly and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Theatre, UK
Tagged bus travel, day out, eBooks, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Festival Theatre, Glasgow, Lenny Henry, Marcus Adams, mother, Museum of Childhood, Museum of Edinburgh, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Pink Olive Restaurant, Royal Family, Royal Mile, Royal photography, Royal portraits, Scottish Parliament, Southsider Pub, Spoon Cafe, The Pink Olive, The Queen's Gallery, Twitter
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The Dangermen Six Year Anniversary
Image: Me Yesterday day was a day of getting things done: interview completed, worked on GATECRASH, printed off GREENER manuscript ready for editing and had a pizza and DVD night with my daughter in the evening. I’m pleased with my … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Travel, UK, Writing
Tagged Camden Town, Dublin Castle pub, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, GDR's, live gig, London, Madness, Music, scorching, sun burn, The Dangermen, Weather, Writing
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Coalition Commotion
Image: Stock I was a total waste of space yesterday. Having stayed up through the night until 6am I was woken at 9 by the postman and never managed to get back into it again. Three hours was all I … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Politics, Scotland, Sport, UK
Tagged Conservative, David Cameron, Football, General Election, Gordon Brown, House of Commons, hung parliament, Labour, Lib Dems, Mike Crockart, Nick Clegg, Paisley, Politics, SPL, Sport, St Mirren, Westminster
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A Nation In Limbo
Image: EP The votes were cast, collated and counted, and in the end we are still waiting to see what the political future of the United Kingdom is and who our next PM will be. When I cast my vote … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Politics, UK
Tagged BBC, Conservative, democracy, General Election, Labour, Liberal Democrats, parliament, Politics, polling station, SNP, voting
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A Big Thanks
Image: vistamommy As is typical for an Easter Monday it rained all morning. No worries on my part because my holiday was officially over now and I was back to work, the beauty of that being it was now a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Poetry, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, UK, Writing
Tagged blog, Blogging, chapbook, Concervative Party, David Cameron, Day Job, Easter Monday, General Election, Gordon Brown, Holiday, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Poetry, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, readership, sales, Scottish Nationalists, Starbucks, Tories
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Going Mad For A Bit
Image: bized.co.uk It’s Monday morning, it’s cold outside, I’m leaving for work and I’m sore from the weekend. But best of all, I’m happy. The last three days had much of what we have come to love about a Diners’ … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Travel, UK, Writing
Tagged alcohol, beano, beer, bevy, friends, GDR's, Glasgow, lad's trip, lager, Writing, Writing Process, York
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Here Comes The Cold
Image: Laszlo Ilyes Last night was most relaxing. Laura and I ordered our pizzas (1 Hot and Spicy and 1 Chicken Supreme) and sat back to watch The Polar Express, always an enjoyable film. It takes me back to when … Continue reading
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The Downside of Twitter
Image: Google I’ve talked at length about the benefits I’ve felt since taking up twittering: increased visibility, a widening of networking opportunities, marketability, etc., and I’ll continue to use the medium for all of those reasons, as well as the … Continue reading →