Carry on Sleuthing Rides Again!
Despite public demand, Carry on Sleuthing is returning to the stage with ‘The Mysterious Affair at Pyles’. The main hall of Stewarton’s Area Centre will be the venue for […]
When was a murder not a murder?
The recent You the Jury courtroom drama at Bloody Scotland was based on a real case from 1926. Though we changed the names and location, updated evidence to include DNA […]
Busy weekend at Bloody Scotland
I’ve a busy weekend ahead with three sold-out performances of the new You the Jury during this week’s Bloody Scotland Crime writing Festival in Stirling. (The graphic below details two […]
Carry on Sieging
A quick tongue-in-cheek look at part of the history of Dunottar Castle on Scotland’s north east coast – sieges, torture, and general unpleasantness – adapted from my book ‘Devil’s Gallop’ […]
Worlds within worlds
Douglas Skelton and the strands linking his fiction Four different series. Plus one standalone (that wasn’t meant to be a standalone, but that’s another story). That’s my writing output since […]
Square Go: The Battle of George Square 1919
Many months ago I published here an account of a riot in Glasgow that prefigured the more famous 1919 Bloody Friday in George Square. I promised then I would publish […]
Meyrick, Murders and Memories
Last February author Denzil Meyrick passed away. He was a friend to many. He was a friend to me. We spoke nearly every day. He advised, guided, cajoled me into […]
Killer Queen, part two
The second part of my look at the life, and the crimes that surrounded it, of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. (Image above: Murder of Rizzio By Jean Lulves – […]
Killer Queen (part one)
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, is a major figure in Scottish history – and indeed the romance of its past. Here is my take on her story. It’s a long […]
Hold the front page
I was reading a magazine this morning and found a somewhat disappointing article about journalism in films, mourning the lack of romanticism in filmic depictions of the trade. The author […]