Michael Jamieson was for many years a feature writer on the Evening Chronicle and The Journal. The work included his multi-award-winning environmental Greenwatch column and a weekly jazz and blues column. In the 1970s he was in Hamburg for 4 years as journalist-translator with the German DPA news agency, and for nearly 2 years in Bern with the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.
His Journal historic series about stagecoaching resulted in the booklet Coaching in the North Country. Another booklet was The Railway Stephensons and he had pieces in literary magazines.
He plays harmonica and sings and sometimes performs at charitable events.
