Work published on the internet can be found via the following links.
Or that's what I wrote when I started this page. Since then I've discovered that many of the links don't work anymore. Websites have disappeared or even sometimes changed their character, no longer literary websites.
A great loss is Scottish Review, founded in the 1990s by Kenneth Roy, and kept going for some years since his death by Islay McLeod. The last issue of Scottish Review was on November 2023. You can still read this here, for now, and you can also download as PDFs or ebooks, 12 issues of 'The best of SR' in themed editions. For anyone interested, I have several travel articles in Issue 3.
But for many other travel articles, and all the book reviews I wrote for Scottish Review, they have now disappeared from the web and I will need to think about how to make them available again. I may repost some of the book reviews and the travel articles on this blog as a way of giving them another chance to be read. Or even collect some of them together, maybe themed by country, and publish them in printed form, which is always to my mind, a preferable form of reading, something you can hold in your hands, thumb through, put down, squeeze into your travel bag, give to someone else.
I'm working my way through the links but apologies in the meantime for any broken ones that I haven't yet removed.
20 December 2023.
2025 Article, The Four Messengers - Hermes Risen
2025 Article on Jurkalne, Latvia's Baltic Coast - Elsewhere Journal
2025 Review of Grimms Fairy Tales Decoded by Marko Pogačnik - Hermes Risen
POETRY
2022 Where I Live - London Grip Magazine
2020 Axis Mundi - Visual Verse
2020 Station Angels & On the Beach - Richie McCaffery's website
2019 Bicycle Man - London Grip Magazine
2018 Santa Fe Train - Poetry Pacific
2018 Highland (and German translation) - Our Man in Vienna
2020 Axis Mundi - Visual Verse
2020 Station Angels & On the Beach - Richie McCaffery's website
2019 Bicycle Man - London Grip Magazine
2018 Santa Fe Train - Poetry Pacific
2018 Highland (and German translation) - Our Man in Vienna
2017 Canal Street Cafe - Keep Poems Alive
2016 Texas Night - Keep Poems Alive
2016 Boatman - Keep Poems Alive
2016 Waiting in the Rain - Contemporary Literary Horizon
2016 Leaving Albania, Canal Street Cafe (& others) - Litcentr (Ukraine)
2015 Quintas/photographs - Stravaig
2015 5 Poems in English & French - Recours au Poeme
2012 Yellow Road to the Deep North (and others) - Scottish Poetry Library
2012 In Memoriam Will Smith/Musee Flaubert - The Passionate Transitory
2012 When the Almond Tree..../Alighting/Estuary Bird - The Passionate Transitory
2 quinta - Golden Thread Site
Sculpture sur Prose - 30e Festival Franco-anglais de poesie
Canal Street Cafe, Market Street Albania and The Forgotten Cherub on Shore Poets CD site
Edward Lear's House in Corfu on Catapult to Mars site
The Star Reaper, The Camel Driver's Story - from Anthology of Scottish Women Poets, ed. Catherine Kerrigan
Chester Morning Orchestra, Mountain Road, -
Crossed Translations, translated into French by Dominique Sorrente, while we were on a residency at Diable Vauvert, France, on the Scriptorium website
Dubrovnik, Ionian Coast Road, Piazza in Venice, Market Street Albania on Mediterranean
2016 Texas Night - Keep Poems Alive
2016 Boatman - Keep Poems Alive
2016 Waiting in the Rain - Contemporary Literary Horizon
2016 Leaving Albania, Canal Street Cafe (& others) - Litcentr (Ukraine)
2015 Quintas/photographs - Stravaig
2015 5 Poems in English & French - Recours au Poeme
2012 Yellow Road to the Deep North (and others) - Scottish Poetry Library
2012 In Memoriam Will Smith/Musee Flaubert - The Passionate Transitory
2012 When the Almond Tree..../Alighting/Estuary Bird - The Passionate Transitory
2 quinta - Golden Thread Site
Sculpture sur Prose - 30e Festival Franco-anglais de poesie
Canal Street Cafe, Market Street Albania and The Forgotten Cherub on Shore Poets CD site
Edward Lear's House in Corfu on Catapult to Mars site
The Star Reaper, The Camel Driver's Story - from Anthology of Scottish Women Poets, ed. Catherine Kerrigan
Chester Morning Orchestra, Mountain Road, -
Crossed Translations, translated into French by Dominique Sorrente, while we were on a residency at Diable Vauvert, France, on the Scriptorium website
Dubrovnik, Ionian Coast Road, Piazza in Venice, Market Street Albania on Mediterranean
Home in Transit - Scottish PEN, New Writing
STORIES & ESSAYS
2021 Essay on Annemarie Schwarzenbach, All the Roads are Open in Crannog Magazine
2021 Excerpt from Buoyancy of the Craft - (Scottish Review)
2021 Excerpt from Buoyancy of the Craft - (Scottish Review)
2020 Highland Encounter - Flash Memoir - Autumn Voices
2020 Taking the Train in Covid Times - Pendemic Magazine
2018 Passages - The Nasiona Magazine
2018 Towards Mount Pantokrator - (The Island Review)
2017 Travel with Theos Lines - (Autumn Voices)
2015 Extract - Open Roads & Secret Destinations - Contemporary Literary Horizon
2015 - A Street in Berlin- In the shade of trees and history - Stepaway Magazine
2014 In the Monastery on Levure Litteraire
2013 Extract from Brama Park, Poland, on Orizont Literar Contemporan
2013 Essay on Kazimiera Iłłakowiczowna in Scottish Review
Inclusiveness and Magic - on Simona-Grazia Dima's Poetry at Levure Litteraire
Walking as Identity - Tirana, Albania - Stepaway Magazine
Citadels of Vertigo and the Ethics of Desire - Textualities
Mirror City on Hot Metal Bridge website
A Belonging Place - From Tirana to Pogradec - Pilvax Magazine
2018 Passages - The Nasiona Magazine
2018 Towards Mount Pantokrator - (The Island Review)
2017 Travel with Theos Lines - (Autumn Voices)
2015 Extract - Open Roads & Secret Destinations - Contemporary Literary Horizon
2015 - A Street in Berlin- In the shade of trees and history - Stepaway Magazine
2014 In the Monastery on Levure Litteraire
2013 Extract from Brama Park, Poland, on Orizont Literar Contemporan
2013 Essay on Kazimiera Iłłakowiczowna in Scottish Review
Inclusiveness and Magic - on Simona-Grazia Dima's Poetry at Levure Litteraire
Walking as Identity - Tirana, Albania - Stepaway Magazine
Citadels of Vertigo and the Ethics of Desire - Textualities
Mirror City on Hot Metal Bridge website
A Belonging Place - From Tirana to Pogradec - Pilvax Magazine
Ismail Kadare and the Mythic Consciousness - The Dublin Quarterly
Where the Thunder Comes From - Arabesques Review
Egon Schiele's Paintings and Vienna's Evening Streets - Textualities
ARTICLES & REVIEWS & TRANSLATIONS
2023 Balkan Bombshells anthology translated by Will Firth - Scottish Review
2022 Edinburgh Bookfest review - Elif Batuman - Scottish Review
2022 Edinburgh Bookfest review - Howard Jacobsen & Kirsty Bell - Scottish Review
2020 Night Journey to Saranda - Team Albanians
2020 Notes on Lockdown - Scottish Review
2020 SR Notebook (Edith Durham, Dora Maar etc.) - Scottish Review
2020 Night Journey from Tirana to Sarander - Scottish Review
2019 Review of Billiards at the Hotel Dobray by Dušan Šarotar - Scottish Review
2019 Review of Learning how to Sing by James Aitchison - Scottish Review
2019 Article on writers in Edinburgh Bookfest - Scottish Review
2019 Article on Bucharest architecture - Scottish Review
2019 Article on Tirana's Bunk'Art - Scottish Review
2019 Translation of The good-for-Nothings by A Schwarzenbach - Scottish Review
2018 Review of Herbert Kuhner's Jazz Poems - Our Man in Vienna
2018 Article on Island of Kerrera, Scotland - Scottish Review
2018 Review of A Swarm of Dust by Evald Flisar - European Literature Network
2017 Review of A Burrell Tapestry by Sally Evans - Scottish Review
2017 Review of Hair Everywhere by Tea Tulić - Scottish Review
2017 Article on Kos - Scottish Review
2017 Review of Cairn by Gerard Rochford - Scottish Review
2017 Review of The Gates of Light by James Aitchison - Scottish Review
2017 Review of Gotham Rising by Jules Stewart - Scottish Review
2016 Review of poetry collection Whatever the Sea - Scottish Review
2016 Review of Eric Satis-faction - Scottish Review
2016 Review of The 9 Lives of Antoine de Saint Exupery - Cafe Babel
2016 - Review of Ioana Parvulescu's Life Begins on Friday - Scottish Review
2016 - Review of Catherine Czerkawska's The Jewel - Scottish Review
2016 - Review of Volker Weidermann's Summer Before the Dark - Scottish Review
2016 - Review of Blendi Fevziu's Enver Hoxha by - Scottish Review
2016 - Review of Scott Naismith's Scottish Skies - Scottish Review
2015 - Review of Walter Stephen's A Dirty Swindle - Scottish Review
2015 - Review of Recovering Scotland's Slavery Past - Scottish Review
2015 - Review of Ajay Close's A Petrol Scented Spring - Scottish Review
2015 Review of Vladislav Bajac's Hamam Balkania - Scottish Review
2015 Review of Tangram Theatre's Darwin: The Origin of Species - Cafe Babel
2015 Review of Othello, production by Smooth Faced Gentlemen - Cafe Babel
2015 Review of Tangram Theatre's The Element in the Room - Cafe Babel
2015 Article on Berlin - Scottish Review
2015 Article on Cyprus - Scottish Review
2015 Review of Michel Houellebecq's Soumission - Scottish Review
2014 Article on Ukraine - Scottish Review
2015 Review of The Lucky Charm of Major Bessop - Textualities
2014 A Journey to the Centre of the World - Scottish Review
2014 Review of Edith Durham's The Blaze in the Balkans - Scottish Review
2013 Looking for Private Smith - Scottish Review
2013 Albania and Kosovo - Kosovo 2.0
2013 Review of Anna di Lellio's The Battle of Kosovo 1389 - Kosovo 2.0
2013 Les Courses Camarguaises - Scottish Review
Albert Camus article - Scottish Review
Fatos Lubonja and Albania - The Scottish Review
Augmenting Reality article - The Scottish Review
Translation of Coincidences by Nicolas Bokov - in Levure Littéraire
From Thessaloniki to Ohrid - Macedonia's Diversity Website
The Minoans -A People who Loved the Sea - Stigmes - Crete's Magazine
Berat, Albania - Balkan Travellers
Dubrovnik, Croatia - The Journey Within - Balkan Travellers
In the Kingdom of Ali Pasha - Balkan Travellers
Browsing Albania: Saranda and Butrint - Balkan Travellers
Life is a Promise in Durres, Albania - Balkan Travellers
Review of Petar Tchouov's Safety Pins - Haiku Reality
Review of Fatos Lubonja's Second Sentence - Scottish PEN
Review of How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone - Litter Box magazine
2021 Review of Mustard Seed Itinerary by Robert Mullen - Scottish Review
2020 Rebels, Believers, Survivors by Noel Malcolm - Scottish Review
2020 A Trip to Goblin Ha' - Scottish Review
2020 Review of Catherine the Great & the Small by Olja
Knežević - Scottish Review
2020 Night Journey to Saranda - Team Albanians
2020 Notes on Lockdown - Scottish Review
2020 SR Notebook (Edith Durham, Dora Maar etc.) - Scottish Review
2020 Night Journey from Tirana to Sarander - Scottish Review
2019 Review of Billiards at the Hotel Dobray by Dušan Šarotar - Scottish Review
2019 Review of Learning how to Sing by James Aitchison - Scottish Review
2019 Article on writers in Edinburgh Bookfest - Scottish Review
2019 Article on Bucharest architecture - Scottish Review
2019 Article on Tirana's Bunk'Art - Scottish Review
2019 Translation of The good-for-Nothings by A Schwarzenbach - Scottish Review
2018 Review of Herbert Kuhner's Jazz Poems - Our Man in Vienna
2018 Article on Island of Kerrera, Scotland - Scottish Review
2018 Review of A Swarm of Dust by Evald Flisar - European Literature Network
2017 Review of A Burrell Tapestry by Sally Evans - Scottish Review
2017 Review of Hair Everywhere by Tea Tulić - Scottish Review
2017 Article on Kos - Scottish Review
2017 Review of Cairn by Gerard Rochford - Scottish Review
2017 Review of The Gates of Light by James Aitchison - Scottish Review
2017 Review of Gotham Rising by Jules Stewart - Scottish Review
2016 Review of poetry collection Whatever the Sea - Scottish Review
2016 Review of Eric Satis-faction - Scottish Review
2016 Review of The 9 Lives of Antoine de Saint Exupery - Cafe Babel
2016 - Review of Ioana Parvulescu's Life Begins on Friday - Scottish Review
2016 - Review of Catherine Czerkawska's The Jewel - Scottish Review
2016 - Review of Volker Weidermann's Summer Before the Dark - Scottish Review
2016 - Review of Blendi Fevziu's Enver Hoxha by - Scottish Review
2016 - Review of Scott Naismith's Scottish Skies - Scottish Review
2015 - Review of Walter Stephen's A Dirty Swindle - Scottish Review
2015 - Review of Recovering Scotland's Slavery Past - Scottish Review
2015 - Review of Ajay Close's A Petrol Scented Spring - Scottish Review
2015 Review of Vladislav Bajac's Hamam Balkania - Scottish Review
2015 Review of Tangram Theatre's Darwin: The Origin of Species - Cafe Babel
2015 Review of Othello, production by Smooth Faced Gentlemen - Cafe Babel
2015 Review of Tangram Theatre's The Element in the Room - Cafe Babel
2015 Article on Berlin - Scottish Review
2015 Article on Cyprus - Scottish Review
2015 Review of Michel Houellebecq's Soumission - Scottish Review
2014 Article on Ukraine - Scottish Review
2015 Review of The Lucky Charm of Major Bessop - Textualities
2014 A Journey to the Centre of the World - Scottish Review
2014 Review of Edith Durham's The Blaze in the Balkans - Scottish Review
2013 Looking for Private Smith - Scottish Review
2013 Albania and Kosovo - Kosovo 2.0
2013 Review of Anna di Lellio's The Battle of Kosovo 1389 - Kosovo 2.0
2013 Les Courses Camarguaises - Scottish Review
Albert Camus article - Scottish Review
Fatos Lubonja and Albania - The Scottish Review
Augmenting Reality article - The Scottish Review
Translation of Coincidences by Nicolas Bokov - in Levure Littéraire
The
Personal and the Political in the French Elections 2012 - TheScottish Review
Marché
de la Poésie, Saint Sulpice, 2012 – PEN blog
The Minoans -A People who Loved the Sea - Stigmes - Crete's Magazine
Berat, Albania - Balkan Travellers
Dubrovnik, Croatia - The Journey Within - Balkan Travellers
In the Kingdom of Ali Pasha - Balkan Travellers
Browsing Albania: Saranda and Butrint - Balkan Travellers
Life is a Promise in Durres, Albania - Balkan Travellers
Review of Petar Tchouov's Safety Pins - Haiku Reality
Review of Fatos Lubonja's Second Sentence - Scottish PEN
Review of How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone - Litter Box magazine