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8th March 20218th March 20212 months ago Scottish Left Review 132 Views A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS, Facebook, Lockdown, The Thursday Show, Twitch, Vladimir McTavish, Youtube 4 min read

In Britain, it is now a year since the Coronavirus pandemic reached our shores. And to mark the first anniversary

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12th January 202112th January 20214 months ago Scottish Left Review 175 Views Kick up the Tabloids, Vladimir McTavish 3 min read

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS Despite starting the year under lockdown, and despite the disaster that is

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VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

9th November 20209th November 20206 months ago Scottish Left Review 815 Views A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS, tough times for the performing arts in Scotland., Vladimir McTavish 4 min read

We have now reached the beginning of the last two months of 2020. The world, at least my admittedly fairly

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7th September 20207th September 20208 months ago Scottish Left Review 245 Views A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS, Edinburgh Fringe, Vladimir McTavish 4 min read

Normally, writing the September edition of this column would be a flying-by-the-seat-of-my-pants affair as I would be having to file

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VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

2nd July 20202nd July 202010 months ago Scottish Left Review 202 Views Kick up the Tabloids, Vladimir McTavish 4 min read

Twelve weeks into lockdown, and our through-the-looking-glass ‘new normal’ becomes ever more bizarre. While everyone’s lives seem identical from one

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VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

9th May 20209th May 20201 year ago Scottish Left Review 186 Views A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS, Vladimir McTavish 4 min read

This is, indeed, a strange time that we are living through. At the end of last year, when we all

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24th March 202024th March 20201 year ago Scottish Left Review 252 Views 60 Minutes To Save The World, Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Tabloids, The Stand Comedy Club, Vladimir McTavish 5 min read

Early March 2020, Australia. We are now in the third month of the year of 2020, and it is fairly

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VLADIMIR McTAVISH’S KICK UP THE TABLOIDS January 2020

17th January 20201 year ago SLR 260 Views Boris Johnson, Happy New Year, Kick up the Tabloids, Vladimir McTavish 4 min read

As the bells rang in the New Year and 2019 drew to a close, many on the left were still

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15th November 20191 year ago SLR 215 Views ‘taking back control’, EU, European neighbours, People’s Vote, Vladimir McTavish’s Kick up the Tabloids 3 min read

The content of this article may be utterly irrelevant by the time it appears in print. Writing this column in

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16th September 20192 years ago SLR 244 Views ‘No deal’, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Vladimir McTavish, volatile times 4 min read

We live in such volatile times that it is distinctly possible that every word of this column will be either

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15th July 201916th July 20192 years ago SLR 206 Views Conservative Party, Prime Minister, Tory leadership race, Vladimir McTavish 4 min read

Seldom in recent memory has there been a bigger disconnect between voters and their elected politicians than the current contest

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20th May 201920th May 20192 years ago SLR 215 Views Kick up the Tabloids, Scottish Parliament, Vladimir McTavish 3 min read

In 1999, many people were sceptical about the effect the new Parliament would have on the everyday life of ordinary

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18th March 20192 years ago SLR 208 Views comedy, Jeremy Hardy, Labour, left-wing politics, political comedian, Vladimir McTavish 4 min read

I’m writing this from South Australia, where I’m performing for a month. Despite the country’s close cultural links to Britain,

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Vladimir McTavish’s  A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS 

14th January 20192 years ago SLR 236 Views Brexit, Duke of Edinburgh, Europe, Jose Mourinho, Neil Lennon, PMQs, Theresa May 3 min read

Happy New Year. The start of January is always a relief to me, as it signals that the sheer living

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12th November 20183 years ago SLR 418 Views ‘no-deal’ Brexit, Andrea Leadsom, Arlene Foster, Boris Johnson, Brexiteers, EU, Jacob Rees Mogg, Michael Gove, NHS, Northern Ireland, People’s Vote on Brexit, World War II 4 min read

Vladimir McTavish’s  A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS  There has been no lack of hyperbole in the media over the past

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24th September 201824th September 20183 years ago SLR 474 Views BMW, Boris Johnston, Britain, China, Conservative conference, Europe, Foreign Secretary, Germany, Home Counties, Jeremy Hunt, Margaret Thatcher, Mini, Nelson Mandela, Phillip Hammond, post-Brexit Britain, Prime Minister, Theresa May, Tunnock’s caramel wafers 3 min read

The start of September has traditionally signalled the end of the ‘Silly Season’. Nobody appears to have told Theresa May,

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23rd April 20183 years ago SLR 295 Views Independence 0 min read

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