Tom Brogan
@tombrogan.bsky.social
Author of Scotland 101 An Introduction to the National Team and We Made Them Angry Scotland at the World Cup Spain 1982.
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My boss at work has just confessed to an addiction to Wham bars.
If you wonder why politicians say this stuff, it's to convince people who don't claim benefits that getting benefits is easy, a lifestyle choice. It's neither. So why lie? Because politicians no longer work for us. They work to manage the decline of our society for the billionaires who own them.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w agoLabour must stop just writing a cheque for benefit claimants, says McFadden
Has ‘Take some scalps’ not joined the list of things you can’t say anymore? It’s one of Coisty’s favourite phrases.
Have we just changed the phrase now to “low sense of gravity”? Thanks to Danny Murphy and Robbie Savage before him.
Me and @kaymarquis.bsky.social went to Edinburgh for a bookshop tour.
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Never known a tournament like it for the media's focus on individuals and individual records. Many of which no one, other than the guy going for the record, cares about.
I’m more annoyed than I should be at everyone saying we’re “currently top of the group”.
We can lay off with the “It was 28 years ago since…” patter now.
The Cats Protection on Crow Road has added some old Scotland shirts to its display.
Class World Cup display at the Cats Protection shop on Crow Road.
Make it so the biggest regret of their lives is winning, and being forced to work, deliver and face scrutiny and accountability for their failures.
Always good to read books in season, so here's a shout-out for Going to the Wire by @tombrogan.bsky.social about dramatic escapes on the final day of the football season, from Spurs in 1975 to Derby County in 2021. Perfect companion for the weekends ahead.
I dusted off my journalistic skills and summoned up lots and lots of courage to write a piece for @glasgowbell.bsky.social about online dating when you’re (nearly) decrepit… www.glasgowbell.co.uk/the-down-and...
The down and dirty of dating in your 60s
When her 20 year marriage ends, Mairi Damer finds herself single in Glasgow. How much has romance in the city changed?
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I find slim pickings these days in 2nd hand shops but picked these two up today.
A few years ago, I wrote about one of my favourite films. Bud Cort RIP. medium.com/@tombrogan/f...
Fourteen Interesting Facts About Harold and Maude
Released in late 1971 Harold and Maude portrayed the relationship between the 20-year-old death-obsessed Harold (Bud Cort) and the…
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My thoughts in the @heraldscotland.bsky.social on the enforced closure of Theatre 118, one of Glasgow’s most important grassroots arts spaces. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2584...
On the 96th anniversary of his birth here’s an article I wrote on Les Dawson and his serious novel. tombrogan.medium.com/the-apocalyp...
The Apocalyptical Novel Written by One of Britain’s Best Loved Comedians
Les Dawson’s 1986 novel A Time Before Genesis puzzled many critics, but it was the comic’s greatest wish he be taken seriously as a writer.
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Lloyd Cole and Friends Again at The Old Fruitmarket tonight.
One of my oldest friends has gone missing in Thailand. Sharing this on all platforms and would appreciate any reposts
I'm on the latest Scots Whay Hae podcast talking about my new book on Kenny Dalglish. Great fun chatting to Ali. www.scotswhayhae.com/post/in-the-...
In The Service Of The King: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Tom Brogan...
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali spoke to returning guest, writer Tom Brogan to talk all about his latest book Dalglish: The Fifty Matches That Made the Player which is published by Pitch Pu...
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Farage in Scotland: it should make our collective stomachs heave that this repulsive and dangerous extremist has come to spread his poison in our country. Anyone who supports this man is morally in the gutter My column in the Herald today
