Some publications

 
 

My poem ‘Hammersmith Bridge’ was published in this anthology in January 2024 (Broken Sleep Books).

 

Three poems and two prose pieces were published in this anthology in January 2024, with proceeds going to Samaritans Scotland.

 
 

My poem ‘Make’ was published in Gutter issue no. 27 in 2023.

 

Several articles of mine have appeared in Nutmeg, including ‘When Nazi Germany Came to Glasgow’ about the football match between Scotland and Germany in 1936.

 

Bridport Prize Anthology

20 October 2018 Highly commended poem: ‘Reversal’

 

SecEd

This year every new teacher in Scotland is receiving a special gift to help them on their way – a pocket-sized anthology of poetry, edited and produced just for them. Sam Phipps looks at the thinking.

 

Teenagers are increasingly getting addicted to internet pornography, with dire effects in and out of the classroom. An Edinburgh-based charity is tackling the issue with pilot lessons in four secondaries. Sam Phipps reports.

 

The prospect of fast-tracked Teach First graduates being used to tackle recruitment problems has stirred debate across Scottish education. Sam Phipps explains

Nutmeg magazine

 

Danny Jardine is only 21 but football has already taken him to Nice, Monaco and… Stirling Albion. He explains what it’s like coming on as sub for Killian Mbappé. Issue 12 of Nutmeg

 

A poem about the pull of footballing.
Issue 9 of Nutmeg (subscription only).

Thirty years after I saw him play his last game for Chelsea, I caught up with the Stamford Bridge legend in an Edinburgh cafe. He had some terrific stories to tell. Issue 8 of Nutmeg.

 
 
 
 

Herald

The age of the page Sam Phipps discovers how the novel has grown into our culture's dominant literary art form.

For auld lang syne, my dears
A new children's book range shows it's okay to speak Scots, as Sam Phipps discovers.

A living history lesson
Sam Phipps meets the forgotten Highlander who ensures children remember the past.