Over the next two weeks the twitter-sphere and internet will be full of lists concerning 2016’s memorable moments, top ten’s and awkward regrets. Many people would wish that Brexit was not happening, […]
By John Davis The last post in this blog attempted to understand the context of Benny Lynch’s life and challenged deficit model assumptions about him, the community he grew up in (the […]
I wrote about the Hillsborough inquest at the start of the year (in my review of 2015). I had a feeling at the time that the families might finally see justice . I have updated […]
On Friday, we went to the Traverse Theatre to see the Birds of Paradise production ‘Purposeless Movements’. The play is written by Birds of paradise co-Artistic Director Robert Softley Gale and stars […]
We had failed to unchain the Scots Unicorn in 2014, so I created this blog in January 2015 as a place to face up to the realities of our socially unjust Scotland. The […]
Hopefully most people would tell you that I am a very supportive person, I like to see other people achieve their potential, surpass their goals and feel good about themselves. Indeed, I […]
Pat Kane sent a tweet out today which highlighted an article which quoted Richard Rorty. My long lost fife accent came back suddenly and I uttered the expletive, ‘well fuck me, who’d i’ […]
The People's Republic Of Escotia 