Alan Brown

@AlanEdin
Alan is a retired teacher, teaching English Literature (and English) in Edinburgh and in inner London. He is a former editor of 'Edinburgh49' and of various school magazines, official and mildly subversive. You can, of course, agree with him that the city – any great city – is a cultural playground.
5 articles

Unicorns, Almost

Significant in literary terms, a moving salute to a military poet

15 August 2019

E8

Issue-based school drama brings important topics to light

9 August 2019

If You're Feeling Sinister

From album to stage: Eve Nicol's Belle & Sebastian based piece is moody and madcap all the way

7 August 2019

From the Wind

An attractive blend of verbatim, social history and story

6 August 2019

Grave Concern

Gladdening and mischievous humour from graveside to teatime

3 August 2019