Truth Can Be Stranger Than Fiction
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Tartan Tales Media
May 18, 2026
Media & Press
Inside the World of a Deep Undercover Operative By Michael A. Bonventre Introduction Every month on Tartan Tales Media, we’ll...
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Simon McLean
April 27, 2026
Uncategorized
I could have been a Jags fan. The second football game my father took me to was Partick Thistle overcoming...
Addiction Doesn’t Start With Drugs. It Starts With What We Ignore
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Simon McLean
April 4, 2026
Media & Press
Choose life. Choose not waiting until someone is lying in a hospital bed before we decide they matter. Choose to...
The Apology
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Simon McLean
April 1, 2026
Media & Press
My name is Simon McLean. I was a police officer for almost 30 years, mostly in CID, and largely involved...
WE CAN’T ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF SCOTLAND’S DRUG CRISIS
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Simon McLean
March 26, 2026
Media & Press
The debate around safe consumption rooms has taken a sharp turn in Canada in recent weeks, with provinces moving to...
Rise Of The Supergrasses
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Simon
February 25, 2026
Media & Press
In Glasgow, the old rule was simple: you don’t talk. For decades, that code held firm across housing schemes and...
What does modern prohibition look like at the border?
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Simon
February 17, 2026
Media & Press
Not just fences. Not just patrols. Not just dogs and sensors. Look up — and you’ll sometimes find drones. In...
Why Tartan Tales Media Exists
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Simon
December 17, 2025
Stories & Analysis
Stories shape how we understand the world. They influence what we notice, what we ignore, and how we make sense...
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