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 ...

Imagine Last of the Summer Wine set on a Clyde puffer and you'll be close to the mild-mannered territory of Neil Munro's Para Handy stories. Written initially as a newspaper column in 1905, they are ...

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, ...

JIMMY CHISHOLM steams onto the stage of the Festival Theatre tonight as one of Scotland’s best-loved comedy characters, in John Bett’s Para Handy – A Voyage Round the Stories of Neil Munro. Did you ...

The crew of the Vital Spark are entrusted with transporting some queer cargo including a double bed and a prize Highland Bull - and trouble is never too far away. A spot of poaching lands Para Handy ...

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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 ...