Essays and reflections on fiction, the craft of writing and the Scottish literary scene.

I've been following the UK online gambling scene for years, and honestly, 2026 feels different. Blockchain-powered platforms have gone from a niche...
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The UK's online gambling industry, now valued at well over £15 billion, is going through one of its most interesting transformations in...
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I never thought I'd write a sentence connecting online slot machines to anaerobic digesters, but here we are in 2026. Across the...
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I've spent a good chunk of the last year testing crypto casinos — chatting with support teams at odd hours, refreshing withdrawal...
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I've spent a fair bit of time this year in online gambling forums, and one thread keeps popping up no matter which...
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I've spent a fair bit of time this past year watching the crypto gambling scene explode across the UK, and honestly? Not...
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I was born in 1975 and grew up in Kilmarnock, where I attended (sometimes sporadically) the Grange Academy (I wasn’t a big...
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Awards, shortlists, fellowships etc: 2013 Scottish Literature Residency, Cove Park 2012 Herald Angel Award, production of The Lady from the Sea 2012...
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In 2014 I edited Out There, a new anthology of LGBT writing from Scotland (Freight Books). The first anthology of its kind...
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