Tag: Scotland
A Minor Incident on the Way to Buy Toothpaste
The teenage years were over, both sons were safely ensconced at St Andrew’s University and they were happy and healthy. I had untied my apron strings …
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Not About Heroes
A touching examination of the love that existed within the Great War, Stephen MacDonald’s ‘Not About Heroes’ is as simple in execution as it is terrif …
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The Fish Ladder: A Journey Upstream by
Katharine Norbury’s The Fish Ladderis a touching lamplight on loss and grief. The memoir follows Norbury on a school holiday project with young Daught …
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Burning Issues: Shetland’s Up Helly Aa
Shetlanders have had a thing for fire since the 1840s, when the burning of barrels marked the end of Yuletide. These days, Up Helly Aa is the largest …
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Welsh Periodicals in English, 1882-2012
Malcolm Ballin has made something of a name for himself as a researcher of periodicals, particularly little magazines and miscellanies such as those c …
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Islands on the Edge: St Kilda
I forget about the face of the young woman in the photo as the massive bird attacks my face. I duck my head at the last second, my sea-boots make me s …
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Edwin Morgan, 1920-2010
Scotland’s finest poet, and one of the finest poets in the UK, Edwin Morgan, has died aged 90. During a publishing career that spanned over half a cen …
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