He wouldn’t describe it as an epiphany, but it was nevertheless the moment that helped shape the life of Glasgow-born and Edinburgh-raised Professor George McGavin. “It was in the second year of my degree in zoology at Edinburgh University, when we were on a field trip to the west coast of Scotland,” he explains. “All […]
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Edinburgh-based freelance magazine journalist, specialising in equality issues (disability and/or LGBT+), popular science, and arts & culture.Author Archive | paulfcockburn
One Protagonist, One Setting, Many Genres
“I don’t think you can travel 50 miles in Scotland without bumping into a fictional detective somewhere,” insists author Denzil Meyrick. This is the case even in Argyll and Bute where Denzil’s own literary creation, Detective Chief Inspector Jim Daley, operates in and around the small town of Kinloch, a fictionalised Campbeltown. This particular location has […]
Jo Lewis on #sugarwater
In 2016 Graeae Theatre Company took their production of The Solid Life of Sugar Water to the National Theatre. Paul F Cockburn speaks with the filmmaker Jo Lewis who documented what happened. #sugarwater, a film documentary following Graeae’s arrival at the National Theatre, was a very personal project for the award-winning writer, director and producer […]
The Influencers
LGBT people have an increasingly visible influence on all our lives, as Paul F Cockburn reports. IT: Tim Cook (CEO Apple Inc.)Steve Jobs is credited with dragging Apple from near bankruptcy in 1997 to being (according to Forbes in 2016) the eighth biggest public company in the world. Yet a significant player was Timothy Donald […]
Kill The Father (Review)
KILL THE FATHER BY SANDRONE DAZIERI • (Simon & Schuster) Out now When a woman is beheaded in a park outside Rome and her six-year-old son vanishes, police assigned to the case assume an abusive husband is the culprit. However, the Chief of Rome’s Major Crimes Unit has his doubts, and lures Deputy Captain Colomba Caselli—on […]
The Team – Series 1 (Review)
The Team — Series 1 (Nordic Noir & Beyond) Out Now When crime no longer stops at international borders, police forces in different countries have to work together; that’s the premise behind Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm’s The Team which, while lacking the innocent exuberance of 1980s’ action series The A-Team, is a solid attempt […]
Andrew Doyle on Forrest Reid
The acerbic writer and stand-up is determined to spread the word about his gay literary hero – who died 70 years ago. Most GT readers will know Andrew Doyle for his stand up comedy; as a frequently hilarious, sharply intelligent, and fearless stage presence, ready to push audience tolerance of “bad taste” to the limit. […]
