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The Scottish Disease
I don’t care for rugby, but I visited an egg-chasing friend at the weekend so was obliged to accompany him to his local boozer on Saturday to watch fifteen genetic freaks lumber around under the dreich Auckland skies playing against the Scottish team. After a stout performance where the underdog Scots won an early lead […]
Billy Williamson
October 6, 2011
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Indelible Ink: A.L. Kennedy’s ‘Paradise’
There is a lot of alcohol in Scottish fiction, as there is in Scottish fact. Often this becomes an easy stereotype used to denote not only nationality but also social status. There is a belief that alcohol abuse is one of the boxes to tick in the ‘urban, gritty, working class’ novel, but this doesn’t […]
Alistair Braidwood
October 4, 2011
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On The Offense
Living in China, I’m used to reading stories of police wading into crowds to pull down banners deemed offensive to the authorities, and dragging away the ‘troublemakers’ who unfurl these slogans. Still, the most recent article I read about this was surprising.
Billy Williamson
September 29, 2011
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Scottish Entertainment / Actor News
This month in SEAN, Helygen has more on the Trainspotting sequel, rumours about new projects featuring Ewen McGregor and Alan Cumming, as well as video of Gerry Butler and Kelly Macdonald on the Late Late Show last week.
Helygen
September 26, 2011
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway – Meursault in Germany
This month, Vic Galloway has more on Meursault who are currently on tour in Germany. Other gigs this month include The Jetpacks in France, Veronica Falls in San Francisco, and Primal Scream in Argentina (thanks to another South American reader for pointing that out). Full details below:
Vic Galloway
September 16, 2011
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Down The Toilet
The inspection shelf is a German invention, though I first encountered one in Prague. The shelf extends above the waterline in a toilet, holding the fecal matter for a quick review before it’s flushed. Changes in the shape, consistency, or colour of bowel movements often indicate disease, so spot-checking the stool is a healthy Teutonic […]
Billy Williamson
September 8, 2011
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Indelible Ink: Alan Spence’s ‘Way To Go’
Alan Spence is one of those writers who seems to stand apart from other contemporary Scottish writers. I’ve been thinking about why this might be, and I think it is a matter of style. If you think of the adjectives that are most often applied to modern Scottish fiction they will include; grim, gritty, urban, […]
Alistair Braidwood
September 5, 2011
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You’ll Have Had Your Tea?
In the pub last Sunday, an English friend told the tale of his teenage journey to the Edinburgh Festival, hitchhiking up from the Midlands to sleep rough in Princes Street Gardens. He was woken from his newspaper-wrapped slumber not by a rapist, a mugger, or the Lothian police, but by a friendly Scotsman handing him […]
Billy Williamson
August 25, 2011
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This Month in SEAN
This month in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News, Helygen has all the news from the world’s best Scottish actors, including casting updates from Irvine Welsh’s ‘Filth’, trailers for Gerry Butler’s new films and the latest movements of Tennant, Scott, McKidd and more:
Helygen
August 22, 2011
