Mar 29, 2020Profile: Brian CoxThis appeared in Scottish Field in February 2020 BRIAN COX, award-winning Hollywood actor, has the values of his Dundee upbringing printed through him like a stick of rock — and not just because he once asked the city to bestow an honour upon the Dandy’s pigtailed provocateur, Beryl the Peril. …Brian Cox11 min readBrian Cox11 min read
Jan 19, 20201917’s Krysty Wilson-Cairns:Who said war movies are a man’s world?This originally appeared in the Sunday Times January 5 2019 Making 1917 with top Hollywood director Sam Mendes was a statement of intent by Scots screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns Are Hollywood A-listers in love with Krysty Wilson-Cairns? Bond director Sam Mendes has worked with her three times. Spaced and Baby Driver…19175 min read19175 min read
May 15, 2019Profile: Billy ConnollyThis appeared in Scottish Field January 2019 Of all the relationships in Billy Connolly’s life, the longest and most electrifying has been with Scotland, a country he has loved and lambasted as only one of the family is allowed to do. …Billy Connolly12 min readBilly Connolly12 min read
May 15, 2019Profile: JK RowlingThis was published in Scottish Field November 2018 Thanks to the magic of Harry Potter, the rags-to-riches story of JK Rowling OBE has been treated as something of a fairytale. Once upon a time, she was a girl with nothing but a baby and a headful of ideas for a…Harry Potter10 min readHarry Potter10 min read
May 15, 2019Profile: Frankie BoyleThis first appeared in Scottish Field on September 2018 He’s one of Scotland’s most successful stand-ups, with a string of bestselling books and dvds, as well as his own BBC 2 show, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order; and this August, he hits the Edinburgh Festival, playing sellout gigs at the…Comedy10 min readComedy10 min read
May 15, 2019Profile: Armando IannucciThis first appeared in Scottish Field in August 2018 His fingerprints can be found all over British comedies from On The Hour to I’m Alan Partridge, The Thick of It and Death of Stalin. …Scottish11 min readScottish11 min read
May 15, 2019Profile: Ewan McGregorThis first appeared in Scottish Field in April 2018 With his jaunty quiff and open-jawed T-Rex grin, Ewan McGregor has always been a charmer. …Star Wars11 min readStar Wars11 min read
Jan 15, 2019Mary Queen of Scots reviewA version of this appeared in the Scottish Daily Mail on January 15 It's a good time for Queens onscreen, with Olivia Coleman currently scooping up awards as mad, sad Queen Anne in The Favourite, and then later this year take over from Claire Foy to play the more serenely…History5 min readHistory5 min read
Oct 21, 2018“Wincingly gruesome, but without the woad rage of Braveheart”: Outlaw King reviewa version of this was published on October 20 2018 in the Scottish Daily Mail NETFLIX’S new big-budget film, Outlaw King, premiered at the Omni Centre in Edinburgh last night. …Scotland4 min readScotland4 min read
Sep 4, 2018Contains: Here is the nudes..laid bare on an MP’s bed, Angus’ own goal, and facing the final curtain McCain’s wayA version of this appeared in the Scottish Daily Mail on September 4 2018 Here’s a test that may give away your age as surely as calling music “albums” or recalling the hexagonal pencil kept in the glove box solely to rewind cassettes whenever a tape got chewed by the…Scotland7 min readScotland7 min read
