If there was one thing Marlon Brando was right about it was that his favourite actor was Tony Curtis. He said he was the only actor who coul...

The day before yesterday, Monday 27th September is to go down in the history of Los Angeles as the hottest day ever – 113 degrees Fahrenheit...

Before I start to write this post there is a chance that I might say the 'F' word; I did mention this when I extended my mailing lis...

Now what does socialism have to do with Michael O'Leary (above) of Ryanair? Absolutely nothing. Michael O'Leary is a genius of an en...

A lot of people had asked but I'm pleased to report a happy ending to the missing/broken guitar saga – but not without a very long phone...

Here we are back in our own beds; since we left Scotland we haven't slept in the same bed for more than a few days running. Here we are ...

That building, above, is the Writer's Museum where a friend I got to know in Edinburgh, Allan Foster, starts a Literary Pub Crawl twice ...

This will finish off the Edinburgh blog; that bus above, as you can see, is the number 27. This bus is a wonderful bus; it runs every 10 mi...

Now we have finished in Edinburgh for another year and what a time it was; it was a wonderful time we had and now we are in Suffolk. I drove...

So far in Edinburgh, since we arrived, we have only seen two days without rain. Ordinarily I don't care whether it rains or not but if I...

Well so far no reviews; it's just hard to get critics in as there are so many shows but Tuesday we noticed that my posters were up in t...

I thought I would put up a few photographs of the street theatre and the buildings in this beautiful near Gothic city. All taken with a digi...

So far we haven't had any reviewers in to see the show; there are many shows here to see and I suppose it's just pot luck. Also the ...

I'm back on this blog; the other one, A Bit of Irish, is not working too well. It doesn't get picked up by Twitter, I can't find...

Hi folks: now that the Edinburgh Festival is on I have moved the blog to A Bit of Irish it's actually abitofirish.blogspot.com - I can...

There it is – the new guitar above. I am pictured rehearsing in a hall in Gullane, East Lothian Scotland. A cousin of mine lives just around...

Well here we are having arrived at Southampton and after a few days in London we are in Suffolk ready to be off for Edinburgh tomorrow morni...

I'm all at sea for this post; literally.. We are half way across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2 and it is truly the only way to fly. I...

We are off on Monday to the UK where I do my show at the Edinburgh Festival and instead of flying we are going on the Queen Mary from New Y...

I had a few requests from friends to read the rest of my novel and I sent it off to them; so bearing in mind that this is a first draft I am...