Daynote - Tue 16 Sep

Well, yesterday was a day and a half!

I got into town and met my friend Tariq (and winner of the McIlvanney Prize) outside the BBC, then we were taken up to the green room where we met the singer/songwriter Lou Mclean and then Len Pennie, host of The Arts Mix, poet and also, it turns out, incredibly lovely person.

Me, Len Pennie and Tariq Ashkanani in the BBC Radio Scotland studio

The interview went very well and both Tariq and I managed to get through it without stumbling too much. I did keep forg...