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Tag Archives: the Pope
Eye Of The Storm
Image: pursuitoftheholy If you missed the news, my poem, THE FINAL NAIL, was published yesterday over at Every Day Poets. Also published was an article I wrote for Devon Ellington’s magazine site A Biblio Paradise. Entitled, HALF WAY TO A … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Freelance, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged A Biblio Paradise, Books, essay, Every Day Poets, Fiction, networking, poem, Poetry, publications, Reading, the Pope, Twitter, Website, Writing
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And Now The Weather, By Lothian Buses
Image: RichardWalter The rain is back. Summer is over. I knew it was raining heavily because Lothian Buses were running late yesterday morning; the two often go hand in hand. I could feel the waves of precipitation soaking through my … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, I.T., Interviews, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Anthology, audio, Autumn, cancer charity, chapbook, Edinburgh Book Festival, Editing, Fiction, GDR's, hardware, Papal visit, podcasting, Poetry, Priests, Publishing and Marketing, rain, sexual abuse, software, summer, the Pope, The Queen, Weather, Writing
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Leaders’ Debate Part 2
Image: Guardian I watched the second Leaders debate last night on Sky News. With two weeks to go until the GE and after Nick Clegg’s unanimous defeat of his rivals in last week’s debate, he woke yesterday morning to splashed … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Film & TV, Politics
Tagged Conservative, David Cameron, foregin policy, Gordon Brown, immigration, Labour, Leaders' debate, Lib Dem, Liberal Deomcrats, Nick Clegg, pensions, Politics, the Pope, Tory
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The Pope’s Popeing In
Image: Guardian My parents were married 40 years ago today. On 16th September, 1970, they married in Mount Florida Parish Church on the south side of Glasgow. Three years later they had me, two after that my sister, Fiona, and … Continue reading →