Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Newsletters
Sign in

Ian Pattison

Headshot of Ian Pattison

Ian Pattison is a playwright and novelist. He is best known as the creator and writer of the sitcom Rab C Nesbitt. He lives in Glasgow.

October 2018

  • Larysa Switlyk ‏ @LSwitlyk Beautiful wild goat here on the Island of Islay in Scotland. Such a fun hunt!! They live on the edge of the cliffs of the island and know how to hide well. We hunted hard for a big one for 2 days and finally got on this group. Made a perfect 200 yard shot and dropped him with the @gunwerks and @nightforce_optics ! ( Good thing too because he could have ran off the cliff into the water). Ever interested in hunting Scotland and doing some whisky tours, email larysa@detailcompany.com !

    double quotation markWhy waste your social media on Yemen when Goatgate will get you more likes?

    Ian Pattison
    Indignation about the hunting of wild goats will get you further than atrocities in faraway places, says playwright and novelist Ian Pattison

May 2018

  • Donald Trump at the opening of his Ayrshire hotel and golf resort Trump Turnberry, June 2016

    double quotation markHands off our Irn-Bru, Trump! Or feel the bite of Scotland’s four good teeth

    Ian Pattison
    Banning the beloved drink from the Trump Turnberry golf complex has roused the rage of an entire country, says playwright and novelist Ian Pattison

September 2016

  • Gregor Fisher as Rab C Nesbitt with Elaine C Smith and the rest of the cast

    double quotation markMy message to the HSBC boss who says dialect is dying: Get real, ya wallapur

    Ian Pattison
    In 2066, when Rab C Nesbitt tells his car to drive to Waitrose for corn-fed radicchio, I hope it replies ‘Nae bother, big yin’ – not like an American Dalek
Explore more on these topics