dismantled me, most wonderfully
Hilary Mantel’s essays/reviews/critiques dismantled me, most wonderfully. In my grandfather’s orchard invoice book, Alexander McCall Smith wrote: ‘we had an idea too!’
Author: Hole Ousia
a lithe, revelatory debut
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart [Booker Prize winner, 2020]
sunshine is guid for us all
For more than a decade I campaigned for Sunshine legislation for Scotland. In 2013 I raised a petition with the Scottish Parliament. Given the need for consideration of a wide-range … Continue reading sunshine is guid for us all
Bauld Fergusson, lang syne deid
‘Bauld Fergusson, tho lang syne deid, Shamed o thae curs wir kintra lead, An hud the nous e’en yet tae rede, Brave Peter’s placard; Whiles MSP’s aa turnt their heids, … Continue reading Bauld Fergusson, lang syne deid