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Thanks Glenda.

Thanks Fraser

Indeed

Thanks. I really appreciate that. Hope you are both well.

Thank you Steve.

Thank you Paul

My review of William K. Malcolm's new biography of Lewis Grassic Gibbon is out now in SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW and is available to download on Project MUSE.

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My review of William K. Malcolm's new biography of Lewis Grassic Gibbon is out now in SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW and is available to download on Project MUSE.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/243/arti...

Lots in this one! Iain Crichton Smith, two portions of James Hogg, William Thom, Susan Ferrier, Robert Burns, Tom Nairn, Rauf Coilyear, Muriel Spark, The Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour, James Beattie and a generous helping of reviews. Tuck in!
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The latest edition of SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW, edited by @rhonabrown.bsky.social and me, is now live on Project MUSE. This is a bumper edition, so fill yer boots! @asls.org.uk

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The latest edition of SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW, edited by @rhonabrown.bsky.social and me, is now live on Project MUSE. This is a bumper edition, so fill yer boots! @asls.org.uk

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Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize The Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize is awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. Founded in 2025, the prize is open to book-length wor…

Nominations are open for the newly-founded Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize, administered by the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature and awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. £300 prize.

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It will be a sore one when it comes.

Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize The Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize is awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. Founded in 2025, the prize is open to book-length wor…

Nominations are open for the newly-founded Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize, administered by the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature and awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. £300 prize.

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Cover photo shoot for Hejira, one of her greatest albums.

Yes gannets off Bass Rock are incredible.

Sad to hear that Perth & Kinross Council has decided not to retain the William Soutar House. Family don't want it and so it is being sold. This is where the bed-bound Soutar wrote much of his poetry and his diaries. A blow to Scotland's cultural heritage.

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Unbelievable.

Sad to hear that Perth & Kinross Council has decided not to retain the William Soutar House. Family don't want it and so it is being sold. This is where the bed-bound Soutar wrote much of his poetry and his diaries. A blow to Scotland's cultural heritage.

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Yes it is absolutely unacceptable.

Indeed. The best part is, the train, which only has 2 toilets, apparently left Aberdeen with one not working - as if that's okay in the first place.

Happy St Andrew’s Day! Alasdair championed Scottish independence and believed Scotland could be a nation with a new vision of itself. His 2014 screen print artwork reads: “Is Scotland a Possible Nation? Yes—Make It!” #alasdairgray #standrewsday

Western sky

Heaney on the Underground Don Paterson on Seamus Heaney's choice of words

You might like this @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social, by Don Paterson.

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Such complications are no bad thing.

That's not aimed at Hobsbawm himself, who I admire.

Probably not. But the anecdote - light-hearted as it is, of course - reminded me of the traditional English dislike of the continental tradition, especially in philosophy: the idea there's some sort of virtue in public school amateurism and bungling through. Something we've all paid for over time.

I know, I was kidding really! But the traditions of intellectualism are arguably different in the various home nations, something the metropolitan centre has tended to obscure.

Beach Rothko

Beach Rothko