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Jul 27 • Tom Morton
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St Ronans, the nits of Troon and corporal punishment in the Scottish education system
The psychopathic administration of the Lochgelly tawse...
Jun 30 • Tom Morton
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In the simmer dim: men of a certain age...
Text and audio, with a midsummer playlist inspired by recent reading and viewing. From recent records by Wet Leg, Leaf Rapids and Miley Cyrus to more…
Jun 23 • Tom Morton
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In the woods
When childhood was all about risk
Jun 7 • Tom Morton
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Car culture: do you remember the first time?
An Alfa Romeo, A Mini, a Chevrolet and a famous Aston Martin. Remake, remodel...look for the two screws underneath, and don't lose the tyres...
May 31 • Tom Morton
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DeepSeek and ye shall find: how AI stole my soul. And got the facts wrong.
From religion to Alfa Romeo Alfettas and satellite launch sites. Artificial Intelligence will suck a writer dry, and then make mistakes...
May 19 • Tom Morton
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Electric Soup/ The Connoisseurs/ Square Sliced Sausage/Every Day a Hogmanay
Four lyrics from and associated with the Holy Waters Songbook...healthy nutrition in the West of Scotland!
May 12 • Tom Morton
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For the love of America
Two poems and a song. And trying to send some books.
May 1 • Tom Morton
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Troon's toilet-trained seagulls, perils of the Zetlandic pick-up truck, into the Greenhag wastes beyond Newton Mearns...
A poem and sweet suburban playlist, with pure plastic pop for now (and then) people
Apr 24 • Tom Morton
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Utter tripe and beyond: Glasgow and Ayrshire dining down the decades.
Including Les Vomiteurs, The Ubiquitous Chip, Two Fat Ladies at The Buttery, lost curry houses and, well...Lochgreen House Hotel in Troon...
Apr 16 • Tom Morton
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