Wade's world
Random notes from Edinburgh.
Monday, 27 May 2024
If there is no respect, there will be pain
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In spring 1944, Ernest Levy was jailed in Budapest. His offence was minor and he believed he would be at liberty within a few days. Instea...
Saturday, 9 January 2021
Jenni Fagan's Edinburgh gothic
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By the end of the Luckenbooth, Jenni Fagan’s wildly gothic new novel, readers will need little convincing of the truth of its inscription: E...
Thursday, 14 May 2020
Don't insult me with 'unionist'
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Interesting times, uncomfortable times. That’s how the writer Denise MIna recalls the Scottish independence referendum. She voted No, we...
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Barcelona notebook: the Catalan referendum
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I spent four days in Barcelona during the Catalan referedum. Not every thing I wrote was published in the paper, or even submitted for pub...
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