Somewhere along the way, my parenting skills went awry. My daughter, aged 14 going on 20, has an unwelcome competitive streak. She taunts me that she has five times as many followers on Twitter as I do (@tcollins298…
Continue Reading26 Place to Be: Barrhead Station
This piece, inspired by Barrhead Station in Scotland and the song A Place to Be from Pink Moon by Nick Drake, was written as part of the 26 Northern Skies project. The work of the 26 writers involved was…
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26 Atlantic Crossings was a collaboration between writers in the UK and artists from Prince Edward County in Canada. I was paired with sculptor Iris Casey, and this is the end result. It is in the form of a…
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26 is a writers’ collective. One of my favourite 26 projects involved a collaboration with the furniture designer Zoe Murphy. The Donkey Man is a piece inspired by Zoe’s ‘Margate to Mexico’ exhibit at London Design Week 2014. I…
Continue ReadingGalway batters Paisley with his golden flute
The Chuckle Brothers: Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness I remember a time when watching the Black and White Minstrel Show on a Saturday night was politically correct, when Larry Grayson represented humour at its most edgy and Dana’s victory…
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