GREG MOODIE

At the end of 2015 I was asked to design a series of murals at the Torphichen Inn, West Lothian, based on Robert Burns' poem Tam O'Shanter. I photographed local residents and collaged them together in what ended up being seven separate panels.

I was six panels in, with no plan for the seventh, when the landlord suggested a portrait of Burns. That sounded good to me. I flipped the original image horizontally so it would face the bar and added a few fun things. Now Burns is on the outside of the building too.

We launched the Tam O'Shanter Murals on March 18th 2016 at the Torphichen Inn with Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop. In the summer of that year I won 'Torphichen Citizen of the Year', which delighted me no end.

The following year I wrote a semi-fictional, or "factually dubious" account of the making of the murals, called 'Borrowing Burns'. You can order it here:

The Tam O’Shanter Murals

March 30, 2023

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The revised edition of '40 Odd Years Of The Fall' is available direct from the publisher here: https://gregmoodie.com/product/40-odd-years-of-the-fall/

40 Odd Years Of The Fall – Introducing The Book

February 6, 2019

Publisher Greg Moodie and author Tommy Mackay visit Queen Margaret Union in Glasgow, site of the last ever gig by The Fall in 2017, to introduce their fan's-eye-view book, '40 Odd Years Of The Fall', now in its second edition.

MoodieVision – The Documentary

May 15, 2017

MoodieVision was originally to be called ‘TubaTube’ and was intended by its creators Alistair Darling and Blair MacDougall as the follow-up to the hugely successful ‘Patronising BT Lady’. Here, the MoodieVision Two explain how it came about..

A Very Merry Brexit

January 1, 2017

The lawyers are on standby. Featuring Nigel Farage, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, leather trousers and a good old far right Christmas sing song, 'A Very Merry Brexit' is the perfect tonic to round-up an incredible year in the news.

At the beginning of October I was contacted by Mandy Rhodes, editor of Holyrood magazine, and asked to produce a cover which would tie in with the SNP autumn conference taking place in Perth the following week.

I was asked to include some of the new round of SNP folks, so you should be able to spot Tommy Sheppard, Mhairi Black and Alyn Smith, as well as new deputy leader Angus Robertson and a host of others.

Holyrood Magazine

November 3, 2016

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Borrowing Burns & Striptease

November 2, 2016

Greg Moodie introduces his latest books, 'Striptease' and 'Borrowing Burns', with a special visit to The Torphichen Inn. Published 28th September 2016.

Stripped For Action

November 2, 2016

Two pieces that appeared in the National, the first announcing the Striptease crowdfunder and the second the launch of the book.

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Paint It Cack

August 29, 2016

In the final episode of MoodieVision series 3, defenders of the union from Westminster, Holyrood and the media come together in song to tell the Scots exactly how they'll be dealing with the 'beautiful dream' of independence.

Brave Blue World

August 29, 2016

Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson is celebrating her forthcoming triumph in the Holyrood election when sole Scottish Tory MP David Mundell points out that it may be premature. He also explains that given the vintage of their core voterbase, they may have to take drastic action to attract the youth vote. Cue the research of his dubious great uncle Hubert...