The show must go on: The fight to save the last of the Scottish fairs Fairs are more than a mish mash of rides and stalls plonked on any old spot that keeps them out of the way, writes Dani Garavelli, they are an…

“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...

Beyond the Cringe #1 w/ Kirstin Innes, Kevin P Gilday & Grant McPhee BTC host Jim Monaghan kicks off episode 1 of 'Beyond the Cringe' by asking his panel of guests about scottish culture. are we unique? are we brilliant? are we shite? and stuff like that. Guests includ...

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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