Done With Numbers

WRITING ABOUT MUSIC, BOOKS, ART, THEATRE AND FILM IN SCOTLAND AND BEYOND

Mark Howitt

Songs in the Key of My Life: 14

What A Fool Believes, The Doobie Brothers (1979) A wedding reception somewhere in Scotland. In the background we can hear the sound of...

Mark Howitt

Songs in the Key of My Life: 13

No Sell Out, Malcolm X (1983) I was saddened to read of the recent passing of maverick hip-hop and dub drummer Keith LeBlanc at the age...

Mark Howitt

Ceefax: An Older, Better Internet

One We didn’t set out to have lunch at McDonalds five days in a row, but we hadn’t planned to come to Roses, a resort at the north end of...

Mark Howitt

Edinburgh International Festival: Five to See

The announcement of the Edinburgh International Festival programme seems to get earlier every year, I’m sure it used to be around Easter,...

Mark Howitt

Invincible

Cycling in a peloton, I always had a feeling of invincibility, invincibility mixed with a slight sense of danger, a lot of moving parts,...

Mark Howitt

Songs in the Key of My Life: 12

Dolce Vita, Ryan Paris (1983) Ten days ago we had two cats, a brother and sister, now we only have one. Snoopy put up a brave fight for a...

Mark Howitt

Steve Wright: 1954 - 2024

I am a creature of habit, habits that have changed over many years and habits which have themselves changed the creature, but a creature...

Mark Howitt

Songs in the Key of My Life: 11

I’m In Love With A German Film Star, The Passions (1981) If you want an illustration of how impossibly glamorous the 1980s were, then I...