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Hey everyone. I've been so chuffed with reaction my new novel 'Family Man' has received. This is a book review from The Scotsman Newspaper. Like Many Scottish writers before him, Colin Burnett risks being mistaken for some kind of gritty social realist, simply because his Edinburgh stories are written in an edgy street Scots, and are often set against working-class backgrounds, from fortified pubs in Leith and Granton to grubby blocks of flats...

What's Up Docs? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002wxsx the podcast where identical twin doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken cut through the confusion around every aspect of our health and wellbeing. In this episode, Chris and Xand explore the lymphatic system, from its vital everyday functions supporting fluid balance and immunity to its more mysterious roles. They look at what happens when things go wrong, examine popular wellness claims...

Hey everyone, For a brief time the kindle version of my second book Who's Aldo is available for the bargain price of 99p. Why not bag yourself a bargain while you can. Cheers https://www.amazon.co.uk/Whos-Aldo-Colin-Burnett-ebook/dp/B0CQ8TVNTK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LK-_-8xAS6oh9axEfXifniZJUbWzGccbza0Vmx67vQbGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.mhk7y1swNBHi54SuPbYmzeYCL0lduJ9McMDWJhhG9Gk&qid=1781698980&...

How many languages can you speak? Read and write in? I do a passable impression of English. That’s about it. Eliska Tanzer, birthplace was Drovane. She was brought up in a Romani ghetto in Slovakia. Therefore, she can speak Slovak and Romani. She learned the language of dance from her mother, Lenka, a prostitute but continued to fail to learn their family trade and couldn’t blow a banana. Franz Volker was East German before he was German. So...

Is the baptism of the Holy Spirit received at the moment of conversion? There are two processes involved in becoming a Christian, receiving Jesus as Saviour and being baptised in the Holy Spirit. Many Christians believe that these two processes occur at the same time. There are some Bible verses which seem to support this point of view. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he does not belong to Christ. (Romans 8:9.) After hearing the...

Filed by Fletcher Moody — Literary Correspondent In 1921 I was sent to a lecture hall in London to watch the creator of Sherlock Holmes make a fool of himself, and I went, I admit, looking forward to it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was by then the most famous author alive, and he had spent the past several years using that fame to promote spiritualism — séances, spirit photography, communication with the dead. The newspapers had begun to treat him as...

Did you pass the Scottish nationality test? I just managed it. Went to bed at 11.30pm and was up again for 1pm. Scotland were playing Haiti in Boston at 2am. That’s our time. Not US time. My favourite girl in the world, Tilly, aged eight, was allowed to watch the game with her dad, but Finn, aged three, was encouraged to sleep through the festivities in his Scotland top and shorts. It’s been a boon time for the bars. The game being on BBC meant...

Well I guess it is time for a little update. My son's dad is being the worst person on the planet. In the last month which has included our son's birthday, he has just been the meanest man ever. Who knew leaving a bad situation would just land me into another? My car broke down today, i have been told by my doctor that i need medication to keep me stable mentally and I just feel done. I feel like I am drowning. I feel not good enough to be a...

This is my second reading of Muriel Spark, The Driver’s Seat . And the third reading of the introduction by John Lanchester of this short novel or novella (100 pages) part of the Penguin Classics. You either like a story or you don’t. I didn’t like The Driver’s Seat . It has a back-to-front plot. In the first few pages the reader is told Lise will be stabbed to death. A bit like being told there’s one day to the World Cup 2026 and Brazil will...