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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 25, 2019December 3, 2024

Marcel Proust

A few passages from ‘In Search of Lost Time’ by Marcel Proust:

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, Marcel Proust, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on May 9, 2019December 3, 2024

Hame

So you think you know what it is to be Scottish? Well, read ‘Hame’ by Annalena MacAfee. It is a lovely book. This is my “Review”:  

Categories: Scotland, Two culturesTags: Annalena MacAfee, borrowed words, Doric, language, quotes
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 22, 2019December 3, 2024

Hame

I have just read Hame by Annalena McAfee. The following posts will share some passages of this lovely novel.

Categories: Two culturesTags: Annalena MacAfee, borrowed words, Ian McEwan, quotes
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 11, 2018December 5, 2024

The hunchback

Gilbert Farie, (pronounced fairy) you will not have heard of, for he is a forgotten village Pharmacist who practiced back in Victorian days. Gilbert Farie was the dwarf pharmacist, hunched, … Continue reading The hunchback

Categories: Medical humanitiesTags: borrowed words, Gilbert Farie, overmedicalisation, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on November 3, 2018December 5, 2024

‘The Accidental’

What follows are a few passages that I have selected from ‘The Accidental’ by Ali Smith:        

Categories: Two culturesTags: Ali Smith, borrowed words, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 31, 2018December 5, 2024

One hundred years

Mary Midgley died in her hundredth year. Mary Midgley [1919 – 2018]: To play a short film on Mary Midgley please click here or on the image below:

Categories: Medical Education, Medical humanities, Omphalos films, PhilosophyTags: borrowed words, folk worth talking about, Mary Midgley, Omphalos films, philosopher, quotes
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 27, 2018December 5, 2024

The dark flood rises

A few selected passages from the ‘The Dark Flood Rises‘ by Margaret Drabble:              

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, quotes
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 6, 2018December 5, 2024

A handful of dust

A few selected quotes from ‘A Handful of Dust‘ by Evelyn Waugh:              

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, Evelyn Waugh, quotes

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