The Grand Day Oot
Madness. That’s the only word for it. Let me add another. Utter madness. To travel across Scotland, West to East, in a single day, visiting five independent bookshops along the...
Madness. That’s the only word for it. Let me add another. Utter madness. To travel across Scotland, West to East, in a single day, visiting five independent bookshops along the...
I’m heading north next week, hitting the road for, if not to, Thunder Bay. Yes, I’m packing my bag again and firing up my rusty steed. I’ve got my CDs...
My name is Douglas and I am a movie fan.Yes, that will come as a surprise to many of you, as it’s not something I talk about very often. (If...
With the explosion in popularity of true crime, I’ve been asked by a few people of late if I would ever consider a return to the genre. Most recently, it...
Those kind folks at Polygon have gathered some of the glowing reviews for Thunder Bay. Here are some extracts: ‘The risks Skelton took in creating Thunder Bay have paid off...
I’m chairing a handful of events during Aye Write this year – each one as fascinating as the last. Please click on the links for details of venue, times and...
In the early 90s I wrote a feature article on the 1929 Glen Cinema fire in Paisley. It was never published, for a variety of reasons. I recently found it and thought I'd share.
A taster for Douglas Skelton's next book. Please note - this is NOT an excerpt.
Here's another movie they should never remake. Because they'd just make a complete mess of it.
I treated myself this Christmas to some new Blu-Ray discs, this new-fangled streaming, downloading and subscribing carry on not being for an old fogey like me. I like a disc,...