SADNESS. Madness. Gladness. Abi's got the savvy to put all in writing, get her troubles off her chest and make a shilling or two while she's at it. A girl's got to live.
"My life turned upside and I went slightly mad, too. It was sink or swim and I tried to swim. I was naive but I tried to make the best of it and embrace it. I never lost sight of what I wanted to do."
In The Secret Diaries of Abigail Titmuss she r
efers at length on her relationship with John Leslie.
With Max Mosley's court case in mind I viewed publication of her book (a snip at £7.99, every reputable library should stock a copy) with some trepidation, wondering if my all-too-brief dalliance in the dark with Abi at the back of the Murrayfield stand would be mentioned. Mercifully it doesn't get a line.
Abi, currently studying Latin and Greek, reveals that she has a musical bent. She can tootle on the flute and Big John apparently is a pretty fair pianist.
Picture the pair of them as a double act in the Fringe. With Mr Mosley their guest vocalist. What would the to-die-for tickets fetch on eBay?
Latin and Greek? But what for?
Lost for wordsDidn't it rain last Thursday and wasn't it a bit bizarre at the Hearts Night at Musselburgh to see former Hibs chairman Kenny Waugh doing his utmost to make it an enjoyable evening for them?
Kenny's bookmaking company Scotbet, with now nearly a hundred shops Scotlandwide and until recently operating under the Morrisons banner, sponsored three of the six races.
Sporting a maroon scarf and rosette (untrue), he had at his table Gary Mackay, now a players' agent, and Kenny Black, currently managing Airdrie. Both were Tynecastle favourites.
"Pity about the rain," says Kenny, "but everybody seemed to enjoy themselves, including the Hearts manager Csaba Laszlo. I never got a chance to talk to him."
As well, maybe. There might have been a language problem.
Afterwords . .. . . "I look terrific for my age because I walk three or four miles every day." Elaine Stritch talking at 82.
The full article contains 370 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.
