One of George Mackay Brown’s favourite words was marvellous. He used it about the weather, his friends, music, the Dounby Show, the landscape, and about his penn’orth of sweeties and The Hotspur comic for boys. He thought it an intense word, shorthand for the kind of state described by poets such as Dylan Thomas, Muir […]
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The Willow Tea Room Sauchiehall Street © 2007 Scotiana Hi everybody ! Try to imagine we’re all sitting on a Mackintosh chair round a Mackintosh table, in the very special atmosphere of the Willow Tearooms in Glasgow, chatting about everything Scotland, our favourite subject ! Jane Haining To begin with, […] We are delighted to publish this second Letter from Scotland received from our dear friends Iain and Margaret. A very moving story… Hello again from Scotland, Marie-Agnes, Jean-Claude and Janice! I wonder whether you remember driving that time from Wanlockhead (home to the Lead-Mining Museum) all the way to Wigtown, to explore the many bookshops? […] |
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