One of the most popular genres in film and tv is crime yet, to date, no-one has made a decent dramatization of Burke and Hare. John...

There are many photographers whose work I have admired but Vivian Maier is the one that left the biggest impression (although coming a...

In a continuation from Part 1, I take a look at more of the graffiti in and around the Digbeth area of Birmingham when I was working...

I recently posted a blog about some of the gigs I had been to from teenager to adult (available here) but there were others which I'd...

Cammo sits on the far west of the city, which you'd pass on the way to South Queensferry. The tower is visible when you head on the...

Sometimes filters can be over used when working with photographs but I discovered that using an oil effect on certain subjects brought...

Recently, my wife and I visited the Western Isles of Scotland for the first time. Taking the ferry from Oban to the Isle of Barra, it...

Back in 1996 I qualified as a graphic designer. I had ideas of becoming a comic artist, being a big fan of comics like 200AD, the...

Back in 2019 I was working on a contract in Birmingham. Sutton Coldfield to be exact. Years earlier I had gone down about a job so I was...

Being from Edinburgh, I've always had a fascination and interest in the history and old photos of Scotland's capital, especially the...

As an Edinburgh lad, The Edinburgh Festival and all it beholds morphs the city into 4 weeks of jamboree and culture. From high end to low...

I'd be surprised if anyone reading this has never been to a live gig, whether in some dingy nightclub or a stadium. Every type offers a...

Back in 1990 I ventured through to Glasgow. Being an "east coaster", it was a place I'd only venture to if there was a gig or party (for...

There are many gigs I've gone to over the past 40 plus years (and I'll probably write about others in due course) but watching Killing...

So I was told "You need to have a blog" if you're gonna have a website, which was all good and well but there's only so many hours in the...