Billie Eilish’s existence in 2021 may be summarized by the fact that she awoke one morning last month, turned over to check her phone, and discovered she’d received seven Grammy nominations. She’d slept through the official announcement. “I stayed up late last night watching Fleabag. Again!” We’re talking over Zoom from her Los Angeles home. […]

My family performed okay through the first lockdown, which was medium-to-spicy. It was only myself, my husband Mark, [my daughter] Tash, and Oliver, Tash’s boyfriend. “Is it OK if Oliver and I come down?” Tash said as the kids were escaping university in London. “Of course!” Mark and I answered, assuming they’d be gone for […]

It was a beautiful bright day in Glasgow on June 25, 2019. I had a good time packing bags with my wife, Jackie, this morning. I was a screenplay writer by day and a songwriter with the Sweetheart Revue, an Americana band that had been going for 14 years. For the first time in my […]