Month: November 2010

the wonderful world of Scottish football


Scottish football referees are sponsored by Specsavers, the nations most popular opticians. It’s brilliant. Owning the problem of their short-sightedness is clever, humorous and lucrative. Recently though an SPL referee, having owned up to lying about his reversal of a fair decision to his supervisor and the affected Club (who asked for clarification about said […]

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writing a book


I’ve finished the third, the hardest, the best and most solid draft of my second novel. It took weeks of grinding labour, dilligence and frustrating hours at the computer. I missed my seven year old learning to ride her bike, my three year old dispensing with her night-time pull-ups and a stack of other things […]

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