‘On page 340 there is a smudged fingerprint’
I read with interest the Scotland on Sunday review of Ali Smith’s Summer. It will be my next read, along with Richard Holloway’s new book.
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Scottish women writers who showed me the way
I have just ordered this book. I am so looking forward to reading it: Some of the women writers who have shown me the way, include: Kathleen Jamie [click on … Continue reading Scottish women writers who showed me the way
The commercialisation and branding of a profession (3)
The Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress begins today in London. #RCPsychIC I recently asked if the Royal College of Psychiatrists was “Puritanical or Platinum?” Last year I resigned from … Continue reading The commercialisation and branding of a profession (3)
WHIM
WHIM: To play this short film please click here or on the image above Filmed: at ‘The Whim’, Blair Atholl, 27th February 2019. Words: are those of Ali Smith from … Continue reading WHIM
Looking through glass
This is a short passage from “The Accidental” by Ali Smith:
The light is unspeakably gorgeous
Neil Gunn to Nan Shepherd: Ted Hughes: Ali Smith (from ‘The Accidental’): The Muse: Robin Hyde:
‘The Accidental’
What follows are a few passages that I have selected from ‘The Accidental’ by Ali Smith:
An interior of others
The photograph above if of Jenners Department Store, Edinburgh. The following words are borrowed from Ali Smith (‘Winter‘) and Evelyn Waugh (‘Decline and Fall’): The film “An interior of others” … Continue reading An interior of others