by tim_bell | Sep 14, 2014 | Latest News
Scotland is buzzing. You can feel the evangelical surge in favour of ‘independence’, and I share the ambition of most of those who will vote YES on Thursday: a fairer society, governments that we elect locally, etc etc. But a YES vote is bound to...
by tim_bell | Aug 20, 2014 | Latest News
I offered to go to Glasgow for the IndyRefDebate, Salmond vs Darling next Monday, this time on BBC, so there shouldn’t be any transmission cock-ups. To help my cause I submitted the killer question, but they must have plenty of white British semi-retired males so I...
by tim_bell | Aug 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
In an extraordinary combination of events, the Indy debate has suddenly been thrown into sharp focus. First there was the Commonwealth Games, which showed the good will that can be generated by sharing. Never mind the events and performances, which were wonderful....
by tim_bell | Aug 1, 2014 | Latest News
See the Walks page for the August programme of Trainspotting tours. There are no tickets. All I ask is that you call or text or email me no later than the night before. They are not Fringe events – do you know how much it costs to be a Fringe event these days?...
by tim_bell | Jul 31, 2014 | Latest News
In July The Guardian newspaper asked several Scottish scribes for a short piece on the subject of the up-coming referendum. There’s some bullshit there, believe me, and to be fair, it isn’t all written by Welsh. But try this: after saying that in his own experience of...
