June 2009

  • Serpentine is out now! And I’m off on the Journey’s Blend jaunt

    My new thriller Serpentine is officially published today…find out more and follow the links to buy a copy at the Serpentine Blog. And today I head off to meet up with the other guys involved in the Journey’s Blend charity whisky motorbike jaunt. Fort William tonight, Islay tomorrow, Bladnoch on Saturday, Glengarioch on Sunday, Crieff…

  • Hell’s teeth, now we’re jailing Canadians for being singer-songwriters!

    I can hardly believe this, but it appears the excellent Allison Crowe and her bandmates were jailed and deported for being…Canadian! What’s going on? Allison’s own story follows: Allison Crowe and her Canadian bandmates, (guitarist Billie Woods and percussionist Laurent Boucher, reunited with their British-passport-carrying bassist Dave Baird), have now performed two sensational concerts in…

  • The Amateur Ambulanceman

    .and all kudos to the GENUINE paramedics, for whom no praise is too great…a wee ditty from Blind Boy Flugga. Based on real events. Allegedly. THE AMATEUR AMBULANCEMAN There’s a blue light in my brainThere’s a siren in my mindYou may think that I’m strangeMaking these noises all the timeTry to understandI’m an ambulanceman I…

  • A glorious week

    Some great weather hallmarked the visit to Shetland of my eldest son Sandy and his wife Elaine (and their husky-labrador cross Cuillin, who has an affection for hens) and later in the week Magnus and Laura. All this and James’s 18th birthday too. Friday saw a lot of messing about on the water, mostly to…