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Tag Archives: St Patrick’s Day
Time Out with Rob Tobin
Image: Bewitching Book Tours I’ve got something exciting in today’s blog post folks – the return of my Time Out series where I host guest authors or other bookie people, talk to them, or just take a look at their … Continue reading →
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Tagged Baccara Burning, Barrowland, Biddy Mulligans, Books, burnt food, Fiction, gig, Glasgow, God Wars, God Wars: Living with Angels, KFC, lager, live music, novella, pub lunch, Reading, review, Rob Tobin, St Patrick's Day, Stiff Little Fingers, The Doric, The Last Drop pub, Twitter, Writing
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A Seam of Gold
Image: dailymail.co.uk Mild It was a lot milder yesterday. So much for yesterday being the day when snow was meant to hit us as hard as it had done in December. Sometimes I wonder just how the weather forecasters can … Continue reading →
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Writing
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Tagged Barrowland, Calcutta Cup, clothes, Coffee, Dungen, Edinburgh, England, Family, Fiction, gigs, Glasgow, iTunes, jeans, King Creosote, live music, mild, Poetry, Punk, Rugby Union, Scotland, Shopping, Six Nations, snow, spring, St Patrick's Day, Stiff Little Fingers, Sunday dinner, Weather, Writing
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What The Doctor Ordered
Image: Fat Sam’s Those two days off were badly needed. There comes a time when the only thing that can help me unwind is a stonking gig from a great band, so the Stiff Little Fingers annual kick-up in the … Continue reading →
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Glasgow, Music, Writing
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Tagged Barrowland, freelance writing, gig review, Glasgow, Ludovic's cafe, newspaper, punk rock, St Patrick's Day, Stiff Little Fingers
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Two Big Digits
Image: Fat Sam’s It’s been a lengthy period of heavy work lately and finally I have a couple of midweek days off. The occasion? Today’s the day of the annual St. Patrick’s Day gig by Stiff Little Fingers at the … Continue reading →
Posted in Glasgow, Music
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Tagged Barrowland, Glasgow, Music, Punk, St Patrick's Day, Stiff Little Fingers
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