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I saw this last night. It was a welcome reminder of what is possible in comedy but I was left with a lot of questions about the Iceman himself. Photos from the Q&A.

The closest I come to being interested in the Commonwealth Games is to check out all the weird flags. Look at the all! www.neil-scott.com/flags

Happened to be in the Mitchell Library and took a look at a cubicle where Andrew O’Hagan may have had his one and only panic attack.

Martin Amis rather unconvincing as "Martin Amis" in a short dramatisation from Money, with Mel Smith as John Self.

The area around Lochgilphead is mysterious, full of mossy woodland and ancient inscriptions. crop.photography/p/deep-scotl...

London by Patrick Keiller is of the great films of the nineties. Today, I am delighted to present an interview with the great man himself. crop.photography/p/an-intervi...

This conference at my local Wall of Death looks good. Through a series of conversations and performances, participants will explore these 'missing layers', considering how culture is shaped not only by what remains, but also by what has been lost. www.eventbrite.com/e/unconformi...

London by Patrick Keiller is of the great films of the nineties. Today, I am delighted to present an interview with the great man himself. crop.photography/p/an-intervi...

I want to get the top 10s from all the people I like and then generate a top 100 based on those responses. Much as I enjoyed White Teeth, it isn't the 63rd Best Novel Ever and would be good to filter out the people who put it in their top 10.

Bravo to the picture editor. www.theguardian.com/football/liv...

Some of this conference sounds amazing: - Bowie, Burgess, Ballard and the Suburban Experiment - Terminal Ambience: Brutalist YouTube Audiovisuals and Ballardian Psychogeography - A Walk Around Heathrow Airport - Optional visit to Shepperton to see Ballard's House and a Pub Lunch

Should not feel like 8° in the middle of May.

Weird Scotland in the 70s: a 100-foot concrete sculpture of Lemuel Gulliver made by a former gangster.

A review of Mark Power's FASHION. crop.photography/p/a-piece-of...

This week I spoke to artists who have rejected photography in favour of painting, including the novelist @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social crop.photography/p/the-photog...

Want to know more about how a wee stretch of Glasgow has become the city's unofficial Little Eritrea? Then catch up on Neil's excellent article, which readers are describing as 'fascinating, nuanced' and 'interesting' 👇 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/gallowgate-s...

Thanks to The Bell for my new epithet: Reliably Gregarious.

Reminds me of the time, at primary school, when I almost got run over by the man brought in to teach us road safety.

Read for free here: www.glasgowbell.co.uk/gallowgate-s...

Stroll down to the Barras and you'll see two Gallowgates. One has been there since the 1840s. The other is more recent, and it comes with injera and ginger coffee. Welcome to Little Eritrea.

Thanks to everyone who came to our 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 last night! 🚍🚏👏 You can now watch the recording here 👇 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=0rFh2CjP_Xs Please take 2 mins to email your Scottish Parliament candidates to ask them to support our campaign 👇 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email

Ten photographs from the Odyssey Square Print Sale that standalone, plus exclusive contributions from Mark Power, Lúa Ribeira, Mário Macilau, and Emin Özmen. crop.photography/p/the-standa...

A reminder that you have THREE days left to respond to the consultation about removing a section of the M8 motorway from the heart of Glasgow. Go to removethem8.org.uk for more info. Do it now! 🙏

“The inability to tell the difference between a thing in the world and its crude digital analogue, combined with a fetishing culture of indiscriminate data accumulation, creates a sickness that risks becoming dangerous hoarding under the banner of permanence.” @shibco.newdesigncongress.org

"The Yorks couldn’t stop saying yes to the odd thousand quid here and there, because, like many addicts, they loved the hit of the low-rent encounter, the scaggy thrill of amping it up." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Still the water douses the ruins of Union Street.

Some great graphic design for an anti-psychotic medicine.

'He doesn’t have a television. He has an FM radio, “but I can’t get a signal.” He gave up working on a computer for a typewriter in 2004 and now writes mostly in longhand.He does have a mobile phone, of course, “but I keep it in my desk, locked, with my gun.”' www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...

Sad to hear that Rob Grant has died. I was a huge Red Dwarf fan between the ages of 10 and 14. A few years ago, he got in touch asking if I could redesign his website. I was a pro in my emails but added a coda saying I was a fan of RD. He never got back to me. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

So good

#otd in 1984, The Smiths appeared live at the Queen Margaret Hall, University of Glasgow, Scotland. Thanks to Passions Just Like Mine and Headmaster for audio and notes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQET...

Please! No more street interview videos. crop.photography/p/speaking-t...

Internet scrapbook @are.na commissioned a "revival" of the Arial typeface for their website. The changes are subtle, but beautiful to see. Arial / Areal

While awaiting dinner, I thought I would check out the new @momuspda.bsky.social song. It's superb. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW4Z...

Happy to see this. I was just listening to Sam's interview with @lukekemp.bsky.social who I am going to see speak in Leith (Edinburgh) in March.

Thanks to everyone who came to our AGM last night 👏 It was great to meet so many new members & hear your ideas for building our campaign for better public transport 🚍🚇🚉 Join us here 👇 getglasgowmoving.org/join Take action for @betterbusesspt.bsky.social here 👇 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde

Publication day for A BAD BAD PLACE. Feel like an anxious mum at school gate. Good luck wee book, hope you make a friend. Don’t lose your lovely jacket.

Presumably they didn't sell it, given the gallery just went into administration. www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/04/s...

Whatever you think about the future of cities, this post about the expansion of Victorian cities is absolutely thrilling. www.worksinprogress.news/p/many-victo...

The idea of “reforming the House of Lords” has become a memetic shorthand for Labour’s uselessness over time. The HoL now seems like a sort of Democracy Black Hole where the chumocracy consigns their cronies for eternity.'

For Jo Spence, it wasn’t enough to be reconciled with the world; the point was to change it. crop.photography/p/photo-ther...

Is tall poppy syndrome still a thing in Scotland? Can you call yourself a flâneur? crop.photography/p/the-flaneur

Sophie Calle is known for making elusive, seductive artworks about her life. But it can be difficult to know what happened when. This week, I played detective and attempted to create a definitive timeline: crop.photography/p/playing-de...