10 Things I Think About The Barney Thomson Movie

Added on 19 June 2015

We come to it at last, the great barbershop movie of our times. I wrote the book twenty years ago. At the time, not yet in possession of a PC, the book was written out by hand, on parchment, in the blood of my enemies. Now it’s a movie. Here are some entirely random thoughts. 10. What’s...

Forthcoming Words

Added on 15 June 2015

The screen option on The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson was first taken out seventeen years ago this November. It’s been a long wait, and now the film is finally set for release, receiving its world premiere at the opening night of the Edinburgh Film Festival on Wednesday, before being releas...

In The Works

Added on 18 April 2015

Once more back in the world of the diplomatic spouse, I’ve been doing the usual rounds of cocktail parties, British Embassy events and drinking vodka at ten o’clock in the morning in a melancholic depressive haze of misery. I’ve also been writing some books. Here’s what&rsquo...

The Insider's Guide To FROM #INDYREF TO ETERNITY

Added on 07 January 2015

Some people might have noticed, albeit, not too many, that FROM #INDYREF TO ETERNITY – the collected ramblings from my six months writing a Monday morning column for the Herald Online – is now available in paperback. This is something that just kind of happened, one of those things that ...

Winter is Coming

Added on 21 October 2014

You find yourself in strange situations in the diplomatic world. For example, there was the time Mrs Lindsay found herself making tea, live on Serbian television. Then there was the occasion when I was asked to run illegal weapons to rebels in the Casamance region of Senegal, disguised as a Wurtlize...