It was a busy weekend for gigs this weekend in Inverness and I struck lucky with Skipinnish and Big Country… Read more Warm welcome back to the Highlands
Levelling The Land
It gets depressing when albums you bought when they were first released start having anniversaries – especially when the numbers… Read more Levelling The Land
Silver lining following lockdown redundancy
I quite enjoyed this story after hotelier Willie Cameron contacted us to say an artist had set up in residence… Read more Silver lining following lockdown redundancy
Revisiting my punk roots
After seeing The Damned at Vivaz in 2007 (and again in 2008) I made the punk trilogy with Stiff Little… Read more Revisiting my punk roots
Music to our ears!
Today’s splash about a number of events in the city this weekend. Andrea Bocelli, Duran Duran, Skipinnish, Texas and the… Read more Music to our ears!
A decade on we remember the death of the ‘People’s Princess’
I remember waking up on that morning in 1997 to hear the news that Princess Diana had died following a… Read more A decade on we remember the death of the ‘People’s Princess’
Bomb squad called to alert at McCain
Bomb alerts were commonplace at McCain during my time in Scarborough. The well known manufacturer of oven chips bought a… Read more Bomb squad called to alert at McCain
Scarborough prison is used for TV documentary
Scarborough’s former Victorian prison was again filmed for a TV documentary in 2011 after it was used the previous year… Read more Scarborough prison is used for TV documentary
Scarborough’s statues
During my last year in Scarborough the area started acquiring a collection of large metal statues by the artist Ray… Read more Scarborough’s statues
Diana Ross at Newcastle Arena in 1997
It was hard to avoid the blanket coverage of this weekend’s Glastonbury Festival and one of the highlights was a… Read more Diana Ross at Newcastle Arena in 1997
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