Adam Scott of Tushielaw - King of Thieves
I might consider lifting your sheep - but at least I'm not nicking your words like a number of the poetry shitehawks out there. All of...
Shielfield is our Wembley
The North Northumberland Football League is 120 years old next year. To celebrate the achievement, I have gone back through old newspaper...
WHY DO PEOPLE SPIT ON THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN?
Please remember to spit on the Heart of Midlothian the next time you’re in Edinburgh. The Heart, on the Royal Mile, marks the spot where...
New Rothbury Football book available now
It's been more than a decade in writing and has involved countless hours of trawling through newspapers both online and in archives, but...
The Border Taits
I've been doing the family tree for my son and have unearthed a load of interesting information on the family during the Border Reiver...
Spotted!
My old man was caught on camera at a game - looks impressed with the action doesn't he?
Playing With Fire
Really excited by the new book I'm working on right now - Playing with Fire. It's the story of a season in the Spanish Third Division...
Think the Border Reivers disappeared in 1603? Think again!
If you presumed that the notorious Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers just faded into history with the Union of the Crowns in 1603, think...
The Miner's Strike
My Granda Jack worked down the pit. I used to marvel at his NCB donkey jacket hung up by the dart board, the heat that came off the...
I am the Barearse Boy
New interview in the Northumberland Gazette.
