Edinburgh
Mohammed Abad, the Man with a Prosthetic Penis, Has Finally Lost His Virginity at 44
Mohammed Abad lost his penis in a car accident. After getting a prosthetic penis decades later and arranging to lose his virginity, he was in another car crash and had to delay his plans.
An Oral History of 'Trainspotting' 20 Years Later
Ewan McGregor, Kelly MacDonald and Irvine Welsh talk about the book, the filming of the movie, the backlash and the sequel.
Stemming the Tide of Cultural Amnesia: An Interview with Legendary New York Performance Artist, Penny Arcade
We talked to the one-woman show about five decades of performing, her oral history project Lower East Side Biographies and the need to offer young people a queer, punk-rock, alternative to the mainstream.
I Went to an Edinburgh Conference to Find Out How Scotland Is Going to Get Fracked
The fracking industry is pretty confident about winning reluctant Scots over and dealing with any "hardcore" protesters.
North Scotland's Surfers Are Harder Than You
In the remote town of Thurso, surfers will endure short daylight hours and risk floating chunks of ice for the best cold water waves in Europe.
Meeting Scotland's Illegal DIY Weed Doctors
Medical cannabis isn't legal in the UK, but that doesn't stop home chemists from processing it into the kind of oils and capsules that can alleviate the symptoms of everything from epilepsy to cancer.
Toilet Sex, Booze and Idiocy: My Time Working in a Scottish 'Haunted House'
I spent a summer scaring people for a living.
Valium Is Killing Scotland's Drug-Taking Poor
I celebrated Mother's Little Helper's 50th birthday on Edinburgh's "Street of Shame".
We're Having a Party to Celebrate The Fourth Dimension Premiere in Edinburgh
It's the film we made with Grolsch Film Works and everyone's invited!