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By Snow-Leavis Posted on Apr 23, 2019April 23, 2019

Pica, pica, pica

words from Hame graphic and poem by Peter. Magpie If only I could soar like an eagle to see the world as I cannot. I am a magpie in … Continue reading Pica, pica, pica

Categories: Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Annalena McAfee, Antiquary, Commonplace book, Fascaray, Gaelic, Hame, island, magpie, Oswald Bates, pyot, rebel antiquary, Scotland, Shooting the Past

By Snow-Leavis Posted on Jan 11, 2017November 26, 2017

A Doctor’s Line

Professor Sir Kenneth C Calman give a talk on ‘Scottish Literature and Medicine’ at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh on the 11th January 2017. It was a wonderful … Continue reading A Doctor’s Line

Categories: Medical Education, Medical humanities, Medical writings, NHS Scotland, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Psychiatry, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: A Doctor's Line, Chancellor, Commonplace book, Former Chief Medical Officer, Kenneth C Calman, Literature, medicine, polymath, Scotland, Two Cultures, University of Glasgow

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