I Love Mikhail Bulgakov. He

I Just Got An Honorary Degree From Glasgow University, And I Had To Wear Around Very Painful Shoes So That I Didn't Laugh All The Way Through The Ceremony Because I Felt Like An Outlaw.

Even If People Do Wrong, We're Social Animals, So What Can We Do About Stopping Them Doing The Same Things In Future? Saying People Are 'bad' Or 'evil' Is Just An Unwillingness To Engage; An Unwillingness To Try To Empathise. That Sanctimonious Attitude Doesn't Help Anyone

I'd Read So Much Right-wing Crime Fiction Where They Find The Evidence And Shoot The Bad Guy - I Thought There Must Be Another Approach.

Journalism Is A Darwinian Process.

If You Went For A Job Interview In A Glasgow Law Firm, They Used To Ask You What School You Went To. And That Was A Way Of Finding Out What Religion You Were.