Mind of a monster
On Thursday 1st of February 1829, Andrew Longair was three days shy of his twenty second birthday and living in Scotland’s capital city. As he set about completing the last of his long list of daily...
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Where are all the Bees? Monday Monday morning in Highland Perthshire is as quiet as quiet can possibly be. The locals are still rising, no cars are on the streets, even the birds are still yawning....
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Hurghada lies on the east coast of Egypt, across from the more popular resort of Sharm El Sheikh just where the Gulf of Suez is absorbed by the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia lies further east glowering over...
View ArticleCold Reading in June (Part 1)
‘The lady spent a lot of time alone before passing?’ asks the Irishman. ‘Yes’ squeaks the woman. ‘Can I reiterate that she wore pink, I know I’m right. And there’s a gentleman beside her who was in...
View ArticleCold Reading in June – Part 2 (Dundee)
DUNDEE (FRIDAY 31ST of MAY 2019) I arrive at the Queens Hotel around 6.30 pm with an hour to spare so I park up around the back. It’s a balmy night and the concrete buildings and tar of the road are...
View ArticleCold Reading in June – Part 3 (Perth)
PERTH (FRIDAY 7th OF JUNE) My next night of mediumship on Saturday night in Stirling had been cancelled at short notice so I had to scramble for another within the next week. Luckily, there was small...
View ArticleCold reading in June – Part 4 (Edinburgh)
EDINBURGH (FRIDAY 21ST OF JUNE) The spirits must have known I was coming to Edinburgh tonight as they sabotaged my Sat-Nav and got me hopelessly lost after the Forth Road Bridge. Added to this a brake...
View ArticleCOLD READING IN JUNE – Part 5 (ABERDEEN)
ABERDEEN (FRIDAY 5TH OF JULY) My Satnav takes me straight into the heart of Aberdeen City Centre which is a lot more built up and confusing than I’d anticipated. At 6pm the streets are not busy so I’m...
View ArticleCold Reading in June (Epilogue)
GHOSTS I’m down visiting a pal in Glasgow. He rents a bottom floor flat of a large Victorian townhouse and as I’m waiting for him in the shared hallway, I start to peruse the many books in the large...
View ArticleCold Reading in June: the Podcast
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