“Fairs are an accretion of centuries’ of collective memory, their identities bound up - historically, aesthetically, emotionally - with the land on which they stand." I loved writing this @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece on fairs & the fight to save them. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2509695...
Delighted to announce Episode 1 of my podcast Beyond The Cringe is out now. I caht about Scottish culture with guests @grantmcphee.bsky.social @kirstininnes.bsky.social and @kevinpgilday.bsky.social
Twitter isn't the world's town square, it's a pub. Great when we all met up for a drink and a catch-up every week. Then a new landlord arrived, put a big England flag and his golliwog collection behind the bar and it was a magnet for his horrible EDL mates. Fuck that. We've found a better pub.
As soon as I read about the guy with the glove I thought of your Arab prince in Kill 'Em All
