- Here’s Why The Scotland v England Game Is Not A ‘Must-Win’ For Scotland On Saturday, Scotland will host England at Hampden for the first time since 1999, and for the first time ever in a World Cup qualifier. Scotland currently lie 4th in Group F, behind England, Slovakia, and Slovenia, although with 5 games played, and 5 games to go, a lot can still happen. But talk of this weekend’s […]
- UnReidable Chapter 16 – April 1997: Edinburgh, Scotland To most of the world the name means nothing. But to me and a few others, the name ‘Forest Pump’ means everything. It represents a football team, a permanent bond, a shared existence, a way of life. I’m exaggerating, but only a little. Forest Pump started as just a weak pun for the name of our Edinburgh University […]
- UnReidable Chapter 7 – February 1987: Glasgow, Scotland In writing these chapters, I have been able to look back at all sorts of diaries, notes, and journals that I’ve been keeping since I was 7 years old. The earliest diaries rarely contain expressions of emotion, and tend to be simple statements about what happened that day, like ‘December 29, 1986: Today we went […]
- UnReidable Chapter 6 – February 2000: Edinburgh, Scotland When I was a spotty teenager longing to meet a girl, I would sometimes picture my wedding day with my future wife, and think about it being the best day of my life. That it would be fun and memorable, and romantic, and hilarious, and that all of my friends and family would be there […]
- 13 Scottish Acts Set To Perform At SXSW 2016 I’m taking a brief sidestep away from UnReidable today to focus on the Scottish music presence at the upcoming South by Southwest Festival. The big news is that for the first time in many years, the Scottish Government will not be supporting Scottish musicians to perform in Austin this year.
- Indelible Ink: Raymond Drennan’s ‘The Limits Of The World’ There has been a lot of discussion lately on the value we put on art and its importance culturally and socially. With arts funding being cut, subsidies withdrawn, and academic courses in art and literature having their budgets reduced in favour of more financially lucrative schools of thought, we have to think seriously about the […]
- Indelible Ink: Laura Hird’s ‘Born Free’ We have referenced the Chemical Generation of writers a few times on Indelible Ink, and featured the best of their work with Irvine Welsh’s ‘Trainspotting’, Alan Warner’s ‘Morvern Callar’, Duncan McLean’s ‘The Bunker Man’ and Gordon Legge’s ‘The Shoe’. This month we feature the fifth entry into what I consider the Top Five Chemical Generation […]
- Indelible Ink: Chris Dolan’s ‘Redlegs’ Last year’s Commonwealth Games prompted a lot of discussion and debate about Scotland’s place in the Commonwealth, the creation of the British Empire, and, in turn, its role in the slave trade. Thanks to events such as The Empire Café and the ‘How Glasgow Flourished’ exhibition at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove many people learned a lot more […]
- 11 Scottish Acts Announced for SXSW 2015 With the annual South by Southwest Festival less than 4 weeks away, let’s have a look at some of the Scottish acts that have been confirmed for Austin’s biggest festival, (updated March 6th).
