William Coles

Archive for December, 2009

Home of the Hairy Angel

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

When I’m not scratching away at my books, I occasionally write for the papers.
 
Last week, for instance, I witnessed one of the most dismal towns that I have ever visited in Britain: Blackburn, West Lothian.
 
Street after street of grey Sixties pebble-dash houses, and a handful of shops. God it’s depressing.
 
It’s the home of the Hairy […]