Scottish writer · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
The days that go wrong.
The days that go wrong.
The people who keep going.
I write about working lives, pubs, football, music, friendship and the places we carry home. Come in and read something.
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- ShakespeareI’m sitting there, sipping a coffee, checking the weather for the day ahead. Within an hour I’ll be out of here and deep into the Ayrshire countryside. There’s a guy… Read more: Shakespeare
- This Will DoYou wake up in the morning. It’s freezing outside the duvet. There’s frost on the window, even though you’ve got double glazing. Fat lot of fucking good that’s done. You’d… Read more: This Will Do
- Broken StringsStevie counts it off. Drum sticks. Holding them above his head for the full effect. And we hit the riff. Just like we rehearsed it. That riff that I found… Read more: Broken Strings
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Ten Pounds
Andy, a tenner, a charity shop and a book his mother loved.
Read Ten Pounds ↗Cash Covers
A Johnny Cash covers band walks into a familiar Ayrshire bar and turns the place inside out.
Read Cash Covers ↗On the shelf
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Before the prose
Hear the musicTwenty years of songs.
Guitars, records and a few stories that began as music.
