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The Global Voice<p>🕛Z <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> At the top of the hour it's the repeat of The Global Classical Hour Presented by Shawn Klein. An hour of western <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/classical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classical</span></a> music from around the globe, not limited to the west. <a href="https://theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadband" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobalvoice.info:8443/broad</span><span class="invisible">band</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TGVRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TGVRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/classicalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classicalmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/baroque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baroque</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/romantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romantic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> 👨‍🎤👩‍🎤🎻🎼🎹🎧🏛🙏📖😌🕊️🛐🎭🤺🌍🌎🌏🔁</p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Here lay a fair fat land;<br>But now its townships, kirks, graveyards<br>Beneath bald hills of sand<br>Lie buried deep as Babylonian shards…</p><p>—Andrew Young, “Culbin Sands”</p><p>According to legend, one night in 1694 a sandstorm engulfed 16 farms &amp; the big house in Culbin, Moray</p><p>3/3</p><p><a href="http://www.culbinstories.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">culbinstories.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/naturewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturewriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>How often I turn round<br>To face the beast that bound by bound<br>Leaps on me from behind,<br>Only to see a bough that heaves<br>With sudden gust of wind<br>Or blackbird raking withered leaves…</p><p>—Andrew Young, “The Fear”<br>in The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry (Edinburgh University Press, 2019)</p><p>2/3</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/naturewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturewriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Fear not the boasts which wound:<br>Fear not the threats which bind:<br>Always on broken ground<br>The seeds fall from the mind…</p><p>—William Soutar, “In the Time of Tyrants”</p><p>6/6</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-tyrants/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p</span><span class="invisible">oem/time-tyrants/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WilliamSoutar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamSoutar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tyrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyrants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tyrrany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyrrany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“these books demand new critical attention and a reappraisal of this poet’s achievement”</p><p>—Prof Alan Riach, on the new Collected Works of William Soutar, published in March 2025 by Tippermuir Books</p><p>5/6</p><p><a href="https://tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/</span><span class="invisible">william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WilliamSoutar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamSoutar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotslanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotslanguage</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Whaur yon broken brig hings owre;<br>Whaur yon water maks nae soun’;<br>Babylon blaws by in stour:<br>Gang doun wi’ a sang, gang doun…</p><p>—William Soutar, “Song”</p><p>4/6</p><p><a href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/12085915-Song-by-William-Soutar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">allpoetry.com/poem/12085915-So</span><span class="invisible">ng-by-William-Soutar</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WilliamSoutar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamSoutar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotslanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotslanguage</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>…Man sall tak wings;<br>And, as a bird, flee owre the wa’ o’ the world<br>To bigg his nest in the braid breast<br>O’ Cassiopeia<br>Or whaur the galaxy hings like a watergaw<br>Lippen on nae sin…</p><p>—William Soutar, “Apotheosis” – a poetical science-fiction extravaganza</p><p>3/6</p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WilliamSoutar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamSoutar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotslanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotslanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“…some of his poems conjure a tranced, hyperaware state at once microscopic and cosmic. He could do lyrical, musical, poignant, folksy, humorous…”</p><p>—Ajay Close on how William Soutar was written out of history</p><p>2/6</p><p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/william-soutar-the-poetic-genius-written-out-of-scottish-history-1434109" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/</span><span class="invisible">william-soutar-the-poetic-genius-written-out-of-scottish-history-1434109</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WilliamSoutar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamSoutar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotslanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotslanguage</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Nae man wha loves the lawland tongue<br>But warsles wi’ the thocht—<br>There are mair sangs that bide unsung<br>Nor a’ that hae been wrocht…</p><p>—“The Makar”, by William Soutar (1898–1943) – born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 28 April</p><p>A 🎂 🧵</p><p>1/6</p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WilliamSoutar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamSoutar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotslanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotslanguage</span></a></p>
The Global Voice<p>🕛Z <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> At the top of the hour it's the repeat of The Global Classical Hour Presented by Shawn Klein. An hour of western <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/classical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classical</span></a> music from around the globe, not limited to the west. <a href="https://theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadband" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobalvoice.info:8443/broad</span><span class="invisible">band</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TGVRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TGVRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/classicalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classicalmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/baroque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baroque</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/romantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romantic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> 👨‍🎤👩‍🎤🎻🎼🎹🎧🏛🙏📖😌🕊️🛐🎭🤺🌍🌎🌏🔁</p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Poet, the flowers are open<br>even when we are dead<br>even when the power has gone<br>from our right arms…</p><p>—Iain Crichton Smith, “At the Funeral of Robert Garioch”<br>in DEER ON THE HIGH HILLS, Carcanet 2021, ed. John Greening<br> </p><p>Robert Garioch (1909–1981), one of the greatest figures in 20th-century Scottish poetry, died <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 26 April</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“…rather than a locked-room mystery in which the murder is an impossible crime, the detective is in (and becomes) the locked room, using cerebral means to reason his way into a solution to a genuine historical conundrum”</p><p>“A Mystery Novel Like No Other Before” – <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@sarahweinman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sarahweinman</span></a></span> on the fiction of Josephine Tey</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/a-mystery-novel-like-no-other-before-on-josephine-teys-the-daughter-of-time/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/a-mystery-novel-lik</span><span class="invisible">e-no-other-before-on-josephine-teys-the-daughter-of-time/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CrimeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DetectiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DetectiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Crimewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crimewriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Womenwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>The Company One Keeps: Ian Hamilton Finlay &amp; the Concrete Poets<br>14 May, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh &amp; online</p><p>Dr Greg Thomas explores Iain Hamilton Finlay’s aesthetic &amp; cultural ties with the international concrete poetry movement, &amp; to figures such as Edwin Morgan &amp; Dom Sylvester Houédard</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.nationalgalleries.org/event/the-company-one-keeps-ian-hamilton-finlay-and-the-concrete-poets-in-person" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalgalleries.org/event/th</span><span class="invisible">e-company-one-keeps-ian-hamilton-finlay-and-the-concrete-poets-in-person</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/concretepoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concretepoetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IanHamiltonFinlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IanHamiltonFinlay</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“At a time of global ecological crisis, when the greed and short-sightedness of humans threatens an increasingly fragile environment, her intuitive understanding of the landscape and the rhythms of nature is both a clarion call and a balm for the soul.”</p><p>—Dr Scott Lyall on Nan Shepherd’s THE LIVING MOUNTAIN</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-living-mountain-in-an-age-of-ecological-crisis-nan-shepherds-nature-writing-is-more-relevant-than-ever-119794" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-living</span><span class="invisible">-mountain-in-an-age-of-ecological-crisis-nan-shepherds-nature-writing-is-more-relevant-than-ever-119794</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/naturewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturewriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EarthDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EarthDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthDay2025</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>Soillse air Alasdair MacIlleathain, ùghdar fìor shoirbheachail eadarnàiseanta le Gàidhlig</p><p>MacLean was a Gael who thought he could have written better in Gaelic than English. Currently available on the BBC iPlayer, “Alistair MacLean – An Sgeulaiche” celebrates his work &amp; laments his loss to Gaelic literature</p><p>5/5</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012yfp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012yfp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaeilc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaeilc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaidhlig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaidhlig</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>“MacLean was interested in writing stories with unreliable narrators which could lead to double and triple-twists in the storyline […] From 1963–1971, Maclean wrote a series of near-perfect thrillers–Ice Station Zebra, When Eight Bells Toll, Where Eagles Dare, Force 10 From Navarone, Puppet on a Chain, Caravan to Vaccarès, and Bear Island–which established him as the most successful author on the planet.”</p><p>3/5</p><p><a href="https://flashbak.com/the-pioneering-novels-and-kick-ass-thrills-of-alistair-maclean-428930/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/the-pioneering-no</span><span class="invisible">vels-and-kick-ass-thrills-of-alistair-maclean-428930/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>“MacLean was Scottish and another thing I intuitively liked was that his heroes were mostly rough-hewed social nobodies formed by World War II and not on the playing fields of Eton like James Bond. I didn’t know much about British class snobbery then, but I sided with outsiders.”</p><p>—Alessandra Stanley, “In Praise of Alistair MacLean &amp; the Male Romance”</p><p>2/5</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/books/in-praise-of-alistair-maclean-and-the-male-romance.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2018/02/13/books/i</span><span class="invisible">n-praise-of-alistair-maclean-and-the-male-romance.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Alistair MacLean (1922–1987) – author of The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, Where Eagles Dare, etc. – was born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 21 April, 1922. A native <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaelic</span></a> speaker, he grew up near Inverness. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@NeilDrysdale" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NeilDrysdale</span></a></span> looks at MacLean’s remarkable life:</p><p>1/5</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-times/2390095/from-arctic-convoys-to-far-east-vj-day-missions-alistair-macleans-life-was-a-real-life-thriller/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-</span><span class="invisible">times/2390095/from-arctic-convoys-to-far-east-vj-day-missions-alistair-macleans-life-was-a-real-life-thriller/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a></p>
The Global Voice<p>🕛Z <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> At the top of the hour it's the repeat of The Global Classical Hour Presented by Shawn Klein. An hour of western <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/classical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classical</span></a> music from around the globe, not limited to the west. <a href="https://theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadband" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobalvoice.info:8443/broad</span><span class="invisible">band</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TGVRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TGVRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/classicalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classicalmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/baroque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baroque</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/romantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romantic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> 👨‍🎤👩‍🎤🎻🎼🎹🎧🏛🙏📖😌🕊️🛐🎭🤺🌍🌎🌏🔁</p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Marion Cleland Lochhead (1902–1985) was born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 19 April, in Wishaw. A founding member of Scottish PEN, Lochhead was a versatile figure of the 20th-century Scottish literary scene.</p><p>👇“Painted Things”, by Marion Lochhead – published in Painted Things &amp; Other Poems (Gowans &amp; Grey, 1929)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a></p>
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