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The Man From Tain
- By Steve Catto
- . December 23, 2024
One day in the summer of 1915, a solider walked into Tain, in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, and asked a local girl, Georgina Douglas, to marry him.
Who he really was, where he came from, and where he went, will probably remain a mystery forever.

There’s a Red Weather Warning today in Dundee…
- By Steve Catto
- . December 7, 2024

LAC Leslie Douglas (1129122) Diary 1942
- By Steve Catto
- . October 14, 2024
These are entries from my Father’s diary for 1942, which covers the time from when he was first notified that his application to be posted overseas had been accepted, until he was well settled in the RAF base at Koggala and had got his d/f station working.

LAC Leslie Douglas (1129122) In Koggala
- By Steve Catto
- . September 13, 2024
My Father, Les Douglas served as a Radio Operator in the RAF and was a key figure in the building and operating of the Direction Finding (D/F) Station there. He left several written memoirs of his adventures, which are being transcribed as time permits.

Call Me a Jeep!
- By Steve Catto
- . August 19, 2024
The conversation explores the nature of humor, discussing its complexity and different theories like Incongruity Theory, Superiority Theory, Relief Theory, and Benign Violation Theory. Humor’s reliance on personal, cultural contexts and elements like timing and wordplay is emphasized. The dialogue showcases examples of humor, explained through theoretical lenses.

The Lantern
- By Steve Catto
- . December 18, 2023
I saw it as I rounded the corner at midnight.
It was doing nothing, and it had no eyes, but it was watching me. Looking down at me. It knew I was here.
Snowflakes – Photoshoot Briefing
- By Steve Catto
- . October 18, 2023
I found this document from 2017, which was sent to modelling agencies and production members when we were setting up
Author Q&A
- By Steve Catto
- . October 18, 2023
…I’ve always wanted to write fiction as a form of expression. Reading back a paragraph or a chapter, and seeing all the imagery rebuilding itself in my mind is a wonderful experience. It’s a feeling of achievement, of satisfaction. I’ve never felt that in anything else I’ve done in my life.

A Good Place To Die
- By Steve Catto
- . July 29, 2022
“It’s a lovely little place you’ve got here,”
“Ah yes. So it is,” said his friend, putting his mug down on the little table beside the sofa.
“But something’s wrong though, isn’t it?” asked Tom, detecting a continued air of dissatisfaction.

Pete The Magnificent’s Diner
- By Steve Catto
- . December 2, 2021
Pete’s Diner was busy today, it had been worth the risk he’d taken starting up it three years ago. Business was good, but he did need to think of a way to make it more upmarket, to make it a bit more outstanding, so to speak.