Eight Albums
01: The Jam, Setting Sons (1979)
Paul Weller has inspired me in so many ways. I’m far from unique in that respect. The haircuts, the Lonsdale t-shirts, the boating blazers, Dennis the Menace button badges etc … there was an identikit army of us back in the late 70s and early 80s. The ‘Spokesman for a generation’ tag sat uneasily on Weller’s head but his influence on a largely male teenage demographic was palpable. And it principally came from a phenomenal run of singles propelled by direct, identifiably personal lyrics about the pains (and sometimes the pleasures) of growing up in the societal rubble of Thatcher’s Britain.
A Brave New World: Modest and Pragmatic
What will the cities of the future be like? It’s an intriguing question and one which – of all the professionals involved in the creation of our built environment – architects are best placed to respond to. Imagining the future is a pastime which all designers indulge in. It is usually supported by other media which has considered the issue for its own ends. Films such as Metropolis, Blade Runner, The Fifth Element or Brazil are traditionally favourites of many architects because of a vivid depiction of a type of future-city which technological advances underpin.
There’s Only One Danny Garvey: A Psychological Formulation
23rd October 2022
There’s Only One Danny Garvey: A Psychological Formulation by the Paperback Psychologist
River Garden Auchencruive
29th September 2022
David will be appearing at the River Garden Auchencruive for the first public screening of the film ‘Miraculous’, alongside the Bluebells.
Byres Road Book Festival
24th September 2022
David will be appearing with George Paterson at the Byres Road Book Festival, Glasgow
The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock
17th November 2022
David will be appearing at the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock for Book Week Scotland, talking about Dashboard Elvis is Dead.
The Book Nook
2nd November 2022
David will be appearing at The Book Nook, Stewarton
A New State of Independence – By Judithea Montgomery
There are some incontestable certainties about Britain that the Scottish people will wake up to today. Firstly, and most obviously, it’s still actually there. As an outside observer to the YES and NO arguments, I might have assumed the physical location of the land mass was going to change; to be anchored further out to sea, making it even harder for the other people to get to.
The Low Expectations of the Bowery Bums – By Judithea Montgomery
I have a friend who thinks very differently about life. Both of us occupy the same streets, by and large. Our routines are governed by the same seven-day-week time structure, but we don’t have the same resources. We navigate the same seasonal cycles, the comparative freedom of summer and the restrictive dangers of winter. Thriving or surviving. Sometimes, just. My friend and I are representative of this city’s poor huddled masses; incomers or immigrants drawn towards New York City, magnetized by the temptations of opportunity.
Waterloo Sunset
He’d agreed to meet Julie at 7.30 that particular Friday night. Just as he had the previous four since they had first met. She had been sitting alone on a bench in Hyde Park. That was thirty-two days ago. It was a crisp misty Sunday morning and the park was populated by people jogging, walking dogs, on horses. Everyone seemed to be in motion. Except Julie. And, having caught sight of her, him also. He was immediately struck by her posture. She was classically beautiful but he imagined her to be too self-conscious to be fully aware of it.