JJ Ó Dochartaigh can’t be with us today. That’s DJ Próvaí, the tricolour baclava-wearing teacher turned musical provocateur and third member of Kneecap. While I’m sitting down with Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap in central London, Ó Dochartaigh, following the ph... See more
Nothing lasts forever. I’ve edited over 960 editions of Big Issue. The actual total figure is not of massive consequence. The reason it was discussed of late is because this is my last edition of Big Issue. I step away after more than 19 years with the or... See more
There are 48,000 individual panes of glass in the roof of Glasgow Central Station. The area covers 2.2 square miles. It is a remarkable feat of Victorian engineering. A few days ago, it looked like this roof, and so much more of one of the great stations ... See more
I used to work on the bins. Many years ago, for four months, I was on a wagon that served south Preston – Penwortham, Walton-le-dale, Bamber Bridge, Leyland. Once we even filled in as far as Chorley. Chorley! It was the days of over-the-shoulder bins. The... See more
As so often, there is always an opposite reaction. Last week, employment figures were published for the UK showing the unemployment rate was at its highest for five years. The rate was 5.2% – amounting to 1.88 million people. Within this, the figures for ... See more
