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David McVey 3 posts 0 comments

David McVey teaches Communication at New College Lanarkshire. He has published around 100 short stories, a number of academic papers and non-fiction that focuses on history and the outdoors. He enjoys hillwalking, visiting historic sites, reading, watching telly, and supporting his home-town football (ie soccer) team, Kirkintilloch Rob Roy FC.

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‘We Won’t Judge You…’

David McVey Jan 6, 2015 0

‘And don’t worry,’ says that rather alarming-looking doctor from Channel Four’s Embarrassing Bodies, as he urges the viewing public to turn up and flaunt their stomach-turning ailments to a gawping nation, ‘we won’t judge you.’ Of…

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Is This The Modern World?

David McVey Dec 4, 2014 0

‘Modern’ is a word of soapy slipperiness that means different things to different people. The values it carries vary too; for some, seeking to be modern is an inherently noble aspiration while for others the very word is an…

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The Double Demise of England’s New Yorker

David McVey Jun 25, 2014 0

Punch magazine shared several qualities with US publication The New Yorker; it was celebrated for the quality of its cartoons, it featured humorous writing from contributors known on both sides of the Atlantic (most notably PG Wodehouse)…