“Celebrating 175 Years of Photography in the home of Scottish Photography”. When I found out about the first St Andrews Photography Festival taking place this summer, I had a pang of regret that I wouldn’t be there to see it. However, in an unexpected turn of events, I will actually be part of it as I’ve … Continue reading St Andrews Photography Festival – being part of it
Some of my friends think I’m ridiculously attached to Andy Murray. This post from 2013 explains why. Growing up in Scotland and loving tennis is a difficult path to follow and I should know. In my home town not a million miles from Dunblane, the weather was always rubbish. A lot of my school tennis … Continue reading We all love Andy now
Suddenly it’s summer – on the calendar if not in the air right now, and here’s something to celebrate. Authors Electric, where I blog on the 22nd of each month (latest is here) have published a new anthology to accompany last year’s Flash in the Pen with something in it by me – light-hearted, seasonal, and … Continue reading Another Flash in the Pen or, ‘Is that a ukulele I can hear?’
Every now and then we go back to St Andrews and always find things have changed. I already knew my old hall of residence had become luxury apartments (!) but it was somehow even more of a culture shock to find Fatface , Costa and Waterstones rubbing shoulders with more – um, traditional establishments. But each … Continue reading St Andrews in a New Light: the Adamson family
In an age when even best-selling authors are rarely given any tangible reward for turning out to big festivals, however distant or inconvenient, needless to say lesser mortals only ever do these things only for fun and for the love of what they do (which in itself gives smaller events the special atmosphere remarked on here by Joanna … Continue reading Ali Bacon, feeling blessed
