August 23rd, 2021
Posted In: Politics, Scotland
Tags: 2021, Douglas Stuart, Glasgow, Literature, Love, Politics, Queer, Scotland, Shuggie Bain, Women
Last night I went to Malmö City Library, to my first indoor cultural event since December 2019. And fittingly, wonderfully, it was Douglas Stuart, talking about Shuggie Bain. As I have written elsewhere, this book is astonishing, a tour de force of love and despair. Acclaimed by critics, loved by readers, translated into a slew […]
Bricolage A little bit of inspiration from Keri Smith and Lucky Treehouse. A bit of my bricolage from my own wanderings.
Barely a twelvemonth after The seven days war that put the world to sleep, Late in the evening the strange horses came. By then we had made our covenant with silence, But in the first few days it was so still We listened to our breathing and were afraid. On the second day The radios […]
Scotland will be free when the last Church of Scotland minister is strangled by the last copy of the Sunday Post.
Tom Nairn
