The Ginger Kid In Centre Midfield

Added on 13 January 2016

I played on the school football team in Primary 7. There were twelve of us available to play, and I alternated with one other kid as substitute. The day they took the school photo, I wasn’t picked for the match, and there were only eleven jerseys to go round, so I mumped off somewhere in a cla...

Song Of The Dead Cover

Added on 12 January 2016

Snowing in Tallinn today. Weird weather. The temperature having risen from -20 to -9, there’s almost a feeling of thaw about the place. The sea has suddenly said, ‘Freeze? Of course I’m not going to freeze, you asshole.’ But, wait, it’s like -9°C. Why is the snow a ...

Ho Ho Ho

Added on 07 December 2015

There are many crushing disappointments in the life of any writer. In my case, the single most crushing has been the failure of feelgood Yuletide tale, Santa’s Christmas Eve Blues, to become the best known Christmas story of all time, more popular even than A Christmas Carol, How The Grinch S...

BookWeek Scotland Appearance 27th November 2015

Added on 07 October 2015

In news that sent shockwaves around the world of literature and had the people of Edinburgh running into the streets in celebratory scenes of total mayhem, it was announced yesterday that Douglas Lindsay will make his first public appearance in Scotland since the 2002 Edinburgh Book Festival, as par...

Barney Thomson (Sort Of) Crushes Ant-Man At The UK Box Office

Added on 01 October 2015

The Legend of Barney Thomson continues its late stab at the UK box office. This week's figures (last week in brackets): Venues shown: 21 (24) Weekend gross: £32,610 (£34,643) Total for ten weeks: £792,944 (£711,775) So, the numbers aren't collosal, but the main thing ...