May 2025

An Alfa Romeo, A Mini, a Chevrolet and a famous Aston Martin. Remake, remodel…look for the two screws underneath, and don’t lose the tyres… My first car was an Alfa Romeo Alfetta 158/159, but at first I didn’t know its name. It was red, crude, had a fading number eight in white at the rear.…

From religion to Alfa Romeo Alfettas and satellite launch sites. Artificial Intelligence will suck a writer dry, and then make mistakes… Just to be clear, this is me talking. Or writing. Straight to keyboard, brain to fingers via voicebox, because I speak my writing. Quietly, for the most part. I get strange glances on trains.…

Four lyrics from and associated with the Holy Waters Songbook…healthy nutrition in the West of Scotland! When my book Holy Waters was published a couple of years ago (winner, Fortnum and Mason Awards, Drink Book of the Year, last time I’ll mention this, promise) I put together a wee group of songs and poems that…

Two poems and a song. And trying to send some books. You can listen to the two poems below, read by me, by clicking on the arrow above. Or, for that matter, below. I’ve been trying to send some books to the USA. Extremely valuable, antique rarities that I’m selling for a friend. An American…