In a quirky flat in the Westend of Glasgow, during the tension preceeding the second Gulf War, Bruno walks in on Justin exercising and gives in to his pleading to massage taut muscles. As Justin groans in pleasure, Bruno reads him a strange astrological dream, a dream which begins to echo eerily in various narratives of family and friends as the dream turns to nightmare. Imogen is more concerned with the drama of getting through her teaching course and Clara is busy running the NHS and they have their own opinions about the reality behind the dream - and also about Bruno's mental health. But...

Bruno's father has dementia and neither the unusually hot Scottish summer nor even Justin's habitual strip-teasing can take his mind off the slow ebbtide of Alzheimer's. Justin's suggestion of going to a Psychic Fayre leads to Bruno overhearing a tarot card reading, with cards on the table also for him, then meeting the questioner, Bernadette - who isn't just the pretty, dumpy, intelligent and deeply lonely nurse she seems. When Imogen and Clara move out for the summer, a new tenant destabilises the house bromance and Bruno flees in tears, running across a sequence of tarot tableaux from The...

After Bruno suffers a long-expected family bereavement, Justin and Imogen get him a fun present: a mystery weekend at Corpington Manor at Old Yule. All's fun (although very weird) until they lose a night, are imprisoned in a freezing cellar and escape back home where Clara tells them to get some therapy for their PTSD. Their Scooby-Doo type adventure stops being comic when relationships break down and Bruno is sacked from his job - for actions which he can't remember doing. Hiking the West Highland Way, alone with Justin, Bruno relaxes away from stress. Until they meet a sinister traveller on...

Broadcast annually on Sunny Govan Radio, "Mrs Atkins remembers" is a seven minute play set in White Cliff's Rest Home where an Occupational Therapist is attempting to lead demented residents Mrs Atkins, Col. Halliburton, Michael, Catherine and the Vicar in a 'Down Memory Lane' session. 'Dementia' means the state of being out of one's mind and here out of the coercive official mindset of remembrance of the 2014 Centenary of the start of WW1. Subverting the 'therapeutic' plans for happy memories, the residents and the Vicar in their fay conversation bring up dangerous memories of homosexuality...

A remark my Theatre Studies tutor made about the narrow portrayal of women in a production of Fyodor Dostoyevski's "Crime and Punishment" made me think more about the elderly pawnbroker who is murdered. Vilified and dismissed in the production, the play and the original book, Alyona Ivanovna must have had a life before the murderer's axe ended it. Research revealed both the ethnicity of many 19th C. European pawnbrokers and Dostoyevski's anti-Semitism (tempered though it was). So I endeavoured to challenge this ageist, sexist and (covert) anti-Semitic portrayal by imagining Alyona Ivanovna's...

In a divided world, where religion and sexuality are often seen as opposed, Scottish LGBT activists are committed to working in harmony with Catholics. 'Time for Inclusive Education' is a LGBT-focused initiative seeking to reduce bullying in schools and enable curricular education to become more inclusive. Scottish Catholic state schools are often criticised for their failure to provide a safe and supportive community for LGBT pupils, with the threat voiced by some Members of the Scottish Parliament that if they continue to fail in their Duty to Care then the demand that their funding be...

The mysterious silvered words of prophecy on a tapestry of Irish linen just seem part of the Hebridean island charm of Tir nam Ban, where Bruno and his friends are taking kids on a school trip for a week's retreat in a rebuilt Old Catholic Nunnery. Despite the uptight Abbess, and Justin's fear of nuns, students and teachers are having a lovely time on what seems to be a simple island paradise. Entranced by the Aurora Borealis, by the beauty of the island, and more in love than ever with his athletic lover, Bruno has much more to think about than the lights appearing to the north-east of the...

Spiritual reflections on dogs can teach us lessons that just might save our lives. Thank God for dogs who remind us to be happy in the moment, for dogs who play with sticks and tennis balls and let them lie when they've had enough. Thank God for dogs who get us out and about, who remind us that it's not 'all about me' or even all about humans. Thank God for dogs who teach us about injury and pardon. Thank God for the bonds of love that endure. God help all creatures who do not feel safe or cared for and whose hearts have turned to aggression. Thank God for dogs who are secure enough to avoid...