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St. Mirren Win the Cup / A New Project
Last weekend was one of the best ever! I attended Hampden Park, Scotland’s national stadium, for the Scottish League Cup Final with my sister, Binny. And together we witnessed history being made, just as I said it would in my … Continue reading →
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Paisley, Sport
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Tagged Barrowland, Buddies, Hampden, League Cup, Music, Paisley, Punk, Saint Mirren, Saints, St Mirren, Stiff Little Fingers
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The Confident Freelancer
Image: Devon Ellington The Confident Freelancer Today I’m over at The Confident Freelancer webinar – that’s a seminar on the web, by the way – being run all day by two of the most inspirational women I know, Devon Ellington … Continue reading →
Posted in Freelance, Music, Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
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Tagged Barrowlands, Big Audio Dyanmite, Devon Ellington, freelance writing, Gail Galbraith Photography, gig review, Glasgow, Kid Canaveral, Lori Widmer, Pink Floyd, podcasts, Rachel Sermanni, Roger Waters, SLF, St. Patrick's Day gig, Stiff Little Fingers, The Confident Freelancer, The Wall, webinar, Withered Hand, Writing
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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 →
Posted in Writing
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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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The Writing Trance
Image: Eye Make Art I chanced my arm on a whim and logged into my account at the St. Mirren ticket office over lunch yesterday. Lo-and-behold the cup final tickets were available early for non-season ticket holders!! I got two … Continue reading →
Posted in Music, Poetry, Sport, Writing
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Tagged Animals, Cup Final, Hampden Park, James Bulger, Luke Wright, Poetry, poetry process, Saturday Live, St Mirren, Stiff Little Fingers, tickets, Writing
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Memory Lane and Insomnia Avenue
Image: Spike I feel like I’ve been away for ages. Life over the past week has been as hectic as it could possibly have been. I’m not going to go into it all, let me just say that life, sometimes, … Continue reading →
Posted in Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Publishing and Marketing
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Tagged Barrowlands, Books, Day Job, e-books, Fiction, friends, Glasgow, Music, Publishing and Marketing, rejections, Shawlands, Sleep, Stiff Little Fingers
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Catch Up If You Can
Hello! Hello! I’m back and the writing routine has swung back into action. A quick review of the weekend first: Saturday There was much tidying of the house to be done in preparation for work going on next week, but … Continue reading →
Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Music, Scotland, Sport, Writing
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Tagged Animals, Barrowlands, Bevvy, birthday, drink, Family, Fiction, flash fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Glasgow, Irn-Bru, live music, Punk, Rabbits, Ranfurly Review, Scotland, SEO, Six Nations Rugby, Sport, stageplay, Stiff Little Fingers, Submissions, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
How To Piss Off a Hungover Scot
Image: Matt Groening It’s been quite the few days. Two days in Glasgow full of fun and frolics, followed by a weekend of disruption and hard earned downtime, led me into this week feeling rather dishevelled. Monday, took a while … Continue reading →