This weekend, cinemagoers across the U.K and all over the planet will head out in droves to see Christopher Nolan’s much anticipated epic film Dunkirk. […] Read More
Category: Politics
Sometimes events on the ground throw mainstream politics into flux. If you’re sceptical of such an assertion it is worth nothing that, as I write, […] Read More
With mandate fatigue paralysing the body politic, it’s little wonder that many are approaching the coming election with reluctance, dread, and a real sense that […] Read More
If a week is a long time in politics a lifetime must seem interminable. Yet for Theresa May, so anxious to ramp up a mood […] Read More
Booze for the terraces, pink vehicles for the ladies, tough love for the scroungers, pride for the white vans, nurses to attend ailing Scots by […] Read More
“So it is worth reminding ourselves of how lucky we are to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human […] Read More
cross the world governments are having to deal with referendums delivering results that see the instigators fail to return their desired result. In Hungary, the […] Read More
There is nothing special about the experience of attending a political gathering. Regulars will attest that they can often be frustrating and predictable affairs full […] Read More
The political obsessions of a country are often highly revealing. At moments of crisis, such matters become all the more potent. Home truths are all […] Read More
I’VE worked in pretty much every capacity you could imagine at the Edinburgh festivals. Over the years I’ve flyered, taken tickets, worked the bars, written […] Read More