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The Gleg Makars
Browsing through the web recently I came across this page on the Edinburgh Museums site. It talks about the appointment of a makar for Edinburgh in 2002, a position held first by Stewart Conn then Val… more →
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The Gleg Makars
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Browsing through the web recently I came across this page on the Edinburgh Museums site. It talks ab … more →
Love Mondays
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wrote 1 month ago: I just posted the following on Twitter: Today is Hug-a-Monday day – to show #Mondays they are apprec … more →
St David's Day
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wrote 2 months ago: Today is the day of the patron saint of the Land of Song. If patrons matched their countries he shou … more →
Friern Barnet Community Library video
wrote 3 months ago: A lovely success story about a library carrying on. Friern Barnet Community Library video. … more →
The books that bind – Jane Austen and Timbuktu
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wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday the BBC TV news carried two literary-related items. Yesterday marked the 200th anniversary … more →
The Nobel prize and politics
wrote 7 months ago: So the Nobel committee has announced a Chinese winner, Mo Yan, for this year’s Nobel Prize for … more →
World Space Week
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wrote 7 months ago: Although I realise that economic globalisation has bigtime downsides, I always feel all warm and che … more →
Man Booker prize shortlist
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wrote 8 months ago: As the BBC website states, this year’s shortlist … has shone a spotlight on the role of indepe … more →
On butterflies and books
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wrote 8 months ago: Recently I’ve read two books on the random intersections and consequences of the characters’ stories … more →
Herodotus, The Histories 1:160
wrote 9 months ago: I found this post on Herodotus in my general browsings and, since it’s so topical I felt I sho … more →
The Edinburgh World Writers' Conference
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wrote 9 months ago: Edinburgh Castle This major event starts later this month and continues for a year. It is peripateti … more →
Literary Olympics
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wrote 9 months ago: Since the Olympics are now going full blast and getting comments from all over, I thought I’d … more →
Hay-on-Wye and Timbuktu
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wrote 10 months ago: While browsing the web trying to find an answer to the question: Why does the small, Welsh town of H … more →
Hay Festivals
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wrote 10 months ago: What do Hay-on-Wye and Beirut have in common? I would have said ‘not much’ until I came … more →
Mrs Sparkly’s Ten Commandments Award
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wrote 11 months ago: I’ve been nominated for an award by Silentlyheardonce. Thank you so much, Silently, you are on … more →
An Irish friendship wish
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wrote 12 months ago: A friend recently emailed me the following wish. I pass it on to everyone who reads this post. May t … more →
Replace a word with 'librarian'
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wrote 1 year ago: Browsing through Twitter this morning I came across this London trend #replaceawordwithlibrarian. I … more →
Carlos Fuentes dead at 83
wrote 1 year ago: The death of a great writer is always a loss to the world. In the case of Carlos Fuentes the world h … more →
Bad language, censorship and all that
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wrote 1 year ago: Today the BBC carries and article on the decision by BBC America to bleep out some of the bad langua … more →
