Teddy Jamieson
@teddyjamieson.bsky.social
Writer for The Herald, The Sunday Post, Nutmeg & anyone else who will have me. Getting on a bit. Contact me @ teddyjamieson@yahoo.com
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Rachel's early death last year was such an unthinkable tragedy. I'd already accepted her request to be a judge for this prize - it's right and proper that it's been renamed after her.
Introducing the Rachel Cooke Graphic Short Story prize
The Observer journalist was a tireless champion of the comics form. Our annual award has been renamed in her honour
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February 14, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Rachel's early death last year was such an unthinkable tragedy. I'd already accepted her request to be a judge for this prize - it's right and proper that it's been renamed after her.
10 years ago I wrote a list of my favourite films; one from each year since I was born. Just found it. Had to remind myself what Blind was, think even tnen I was swithering over The Great Beauty (first hour so good, but ...) & Thandiwe Newton's experience on Flirting sours that choice. Still ...
February 13, 2026 at 10:41 AM
10 years ago I wrote a list of my favourite films; one from each year since I was born. Just found it. Had to remind myself what Blind was, think even tnen I was swithering over The Great Beauty (first hour so good, but ...) & Thandiwe Newton's experience on Flirting sours that choice. Still ...
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Introducing the Rachel Cooke Graphic Short Story Prize.
The Faber / Observer / Comica Graphic Short Story Competition has been renamed in memory of Rachel Cooke, a champion of graphic novels and one of the judges of the prize since its launch.
faber.co.uk/about-faber/graphic-short-story-prize/
The Faber / Observer / Comica Graphic Short Story Competition has been renamed in memory of Rachel Cooke, a champion of graphic novels and one of the judges of the prize since its launch.
faber.co.uk/about-faber/graphic-short-story-prize/
February 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Introducing the Rachel Cooke Graphic Short Story Prize.
The Faber / Observer / Comica Graphic Short Story Competition has been renamed in memory of Rachel Cooke, a champion of graphic novels and one of the judges of the prize since its launch.
faber.co.uk/about-faber/graphic-short-story-prize/
The Faber / Observer / Comica Graphic Short Story Competition has been renamed in memory of Rachel Cooke, a champion of graphic novels and one of the judges of the prize since its launch.
faber.co.uk/about-faber/graphic-short-story-prize/
Jacob Alon on the Graham Norton Show is kind of amazing, right? And thrilling.
February 6, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Jacob Alon on the Graham Norton Show is kind of amazing, right? And thrilling.
Is this Flick's work too? #yellowdog #TOTP
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Is this Flick's work too? #yellowdog #TOTP
Lulu sang me a bit of Where's Eddie when I spoke to her for this. #TOTP
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Why is Lulu talking about her alcoholism now?
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns - to be formal for a moment - is not very good with dates as a rule. “Never ask me, ‘What year was that?’ I’m…
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February 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Lulu sang me a bit of Where's Eddie when I spoke to her for this. #TOTP
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February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Looking forward to the Tartan Army singing this one in America in the summer #SorryImaLady #Baccara
February 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Looking forward to the Tartan Army singing this one in America in the summer #SorryImaLady #Baccara
It's been 40 years (and counting) since I last saw Friends Again live (Stirling Uni, in either 1983 or 1984; someone will know). Thrill to see them last night. Lloyd Cole playing g a blinder in support too. Review below
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February 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
It's been 40 years (and counting) since I last saw Friends Again live (Stirling Uni, in either 1983 or 1984; someone will know). Thrill to see them last night. Lloyd Cole playing g a blinder in support too. Review below
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Ah, just heard about James Sallis going. Can't think of another writer like him. RIP
January 31, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Ah, just heard about James Sallis going. Can't think of another writer like him. RIP
Friends Again return tonight.
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Friends reunited: The 80s band who got back together over 40 after their last gig
Sometimes it is actually fun to meet your heroes.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Friends Again return tonight.
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A Roddy Frame tour announcement would be a great birthday present
I bore/annoy my youngest daughter regularly with the tale that Roddy blessed her with a gentle (and of course entirely consensual) benediction by placing his hands on my wife’s eight-months-gone baby bump backstage at the Liquid Room in August 2005. It was a very sweet moment.
A very happy birthday to the estimable Roddy Frame. I was sent this piece recently: I've interviewed Roddy lots of times, but I think this may have been the first, for Time Out in 2005 - a little after the release of perhaps his greatest record, Surf.
January 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM
A Roddy Frame tour announcement would be a great birthday present
Gordon is the great unsung Scottish writer. The Shoe is the best book about small town Scotland in the 1980s.
Listening to @sleafordmods.bsky.social all week took me back to Gordon Legge's books and that time and lifestyle.
This excellent 1995 piece by @teddyjamieson.bsky.social tells you why he was such an important writer.
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This excellent 1995 piece by @teddyjamieson.bsky.social tells you why he was such an important writer.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Gordon is the great unsung Scottish writer. The Shoe is the best book about small town Scotland in the 1980s.
Farewell Sly Dunbar. This still sounds a cut above everything
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Grace Jones - Walking in the Rain
YouTube video by Appogee
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January 26, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Farewell Sly Dunbar. This still sounds a cut above everything
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Roaming Roots Revue @ Celtic Connections is something special
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No Dylan, no Springsteen, no Madonna - and yet still marvellous at the Concert Hall
The Roaming Roots Revue: Icons Vol 2 was pure joy, writes Teddy Jamieson, but also a reminder of what America sounds like at its best.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Roaming Roots Revue @ Celtic Connections is something special
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Spoke to Steve Norman in 2023 about Spandau's past and (lack of) present
#TOTP
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#TOTP
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Music: A journey with the Spandau Ballet ghosts
THIS story begins in November 1980. If you search on YouTube there’s a video of Spandau Ballet’s first, tartan-draped, appearance on Top of the…
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January 23, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Spoke to Steve Norman in 2023 about Spandau's past and (lack of) present
#TOTP
Music: A journey with the Spandau Ballet ghosts | The Herald share.google/SESxyHEEwwIB...
#TOTP
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