LIGHTNESS, jollity, pure comedic fun: it tends to be an underrated artistic quality, particularly in the best of times. When economic and political stormclouds gather, though, stories like Neil ...

Neil Munro’s comedic tales of the master mariner Para Handy and his sidekicks, Dan Macphail, Dougie and Sunny Jim have been celebrated in newspapers, books and on television for over a century. So, ...

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It was five years ago , in Inverness, that John Bett's stage version of Neil Munro's Para Handy Tales first made its appearance, puffing brightly along the Crinan Canal. Did you know with a Digital ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

The Tales of Para Handy is a Scottish television series set in the western isles of Scotland in the 1930s, based on the Para Handy books by Neil Munro. It starred Gregor Fisher as Captain Peter "Para ...

Following last year's sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run, No Nonsense Productions (It's a Wonderful Life: **** (EdinburghGuide.com), 'A delight... A terrific indulgence' (LoveBooksGroup.com)) presents Para ...

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