Teddy Jamieson

Senior Features Writer

Born in Germany, raised in Northern Ireland, resident in Scotland more or less since 1982.  Fond of tea, Tottenham Hotspur and Touch of Evil. I’ve written one book (Whose Side Are You On?, Yellow Jersey, 2011), and interviewed Tracey Emin twice.   Hopefully no one holds either against me.

Born in Germany, raised in Northern Ireland, resident in Scotland more or less since 1982.  Fond of tea, Tottenham Hotspur and Touch of Evil. I’ve written one book (Whose Side Are You On?, Yellow Jersey, 2011), and interviewed Tracey Emin twice.   Hopefully no one holds either against me.

Latest articles from Teddy Jamieson

10 Scottish comic book creators who changed my world

There is an argument to be made that comic books started in Scotland. “Possibly the earliest comic paper was The Glasgow Looking Glass,” notes David Roach in his mammoth survey of British comic books, Masters of British Comic Art (Rebellion, 2020). A tabloid-sized newspaper that mixed up illustrations, humorous text and comic strips, The Glasgow Looking Glass published some 19 issues in 1825 and 1826.