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Shadows & Light: The Extraordinary Life of James McBey
... is now a biopic film script!
From Jan. 2025 I will also be transcribing McBey's 1909-1959 diaries as part of a year-long project with Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums, home to the world's largest McBey archive.
I have worked as a journalist since 2002 & have filed stories from the likes of Beirut, Cairo, Freetown & Madrid. My most recent role was as a Senior Producer for Al Jazeera English Digital. Today I contribute stories to Al Jazeera English in a freelance capacity.
My biography of the great Scottish artist-adventurer James McBey was published by Scotland Street Press in 2022. I have given talks about it in cities incl. Edinburgh, London & Tangier.
Brexit and the Scottish independence debate have made up a large proportion of my writings in recent years. Latterly, however, I have covered Israel's genocidal war on Gaza from a European perspective.
