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Scotland 1926
25 Aug, Edinburgh Book Festival

Kirsty Gunn, Alan Riach, and James Robertson revisit the Scottish Renaissance through landmark works including Hugh MacDiarmid’s A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, the early work of Neil M Gunn, & other under-sung voices including Willa Muir & Helen Cruickshank. Deep dive into a remarkable literary moment and the writers who helped reshape Scotland’s imaginative life.

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Fiction (Adults) Kirsty Gunn, Alan Riach, and James Robertson: Scotland 1926 Tue 25 Aug 2026 | 12:15 - 13:15 • Courtyard Theatre Accessibility Captioned
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His corpse owre a’ the city lies
In ilka square and ilka street
His spilt bluid floods the vera skies
And nae hoose but is darkened wi’t…

—Hugh MacDiarmid, “The Dead Liebknecht”
published in SELECTED POETRY (Carcanet, 2004)

3/10

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Hugh MacDiarmid The Dead Liebknecht After the German of Rudolf Leonhardt His corpse owre a’ the city lies In ilka square and ilka street His spilt bluid floods the vera skies And nae hoose but is darkened wi’t. The factory horns begin to blaw Thro’ a’ the city, blare on blare, The lowsin’ time o’ workers a’ Like emmits skailin’ everywhere. And wi’ his white teeth shinin’ yet The corpse lies smilin’ underfit.

Selected Poetry

Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve, 1892-1978), one of the major poets of the twentieth century, is the greatest Scottish poet of any century. He dre...
SupaduDev (Carcanet Press)
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“What MacDiarmid keeps giving is a depth of understanding, an imperative to go out into the world & explore it, & the priority of the patience needed to appreciate it. That is his provenance, one hundred years since”

—Alan Riach on 100 years of “Hugh MacDiarmid”

2/10

thebottleimp.org.uk/2023/02/10…

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One Hundred Years of Hugh MacDiarmid - The Bottle Imp

In the one hundred years since the name Hugh M‘Diarmid first appeared in print, I’ve spent the last thirty of them trying to make his work more available, in Scotland and internationally.
Pip Osmond-Williams (The Bottle Imp)
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“It appears that this man writes rather good revolutionary poetry… He is a rabid Scottish Nationalist, but is in close touch with the [Communist] Party”
—1931 Security Service report

Read Prof Scott Lyall’s “Hugh MacDiarmid & the British State”

4/10

thebottleimp.org.uk/2015/06/hu…

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Hugh MacDiarmid and the British State - The Bottle Imp

This modernist poet was born in the late-nineteenth century in a small European nation that was once an imperial power but has been somewhat dominated by its closest and larger neighbour.
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“Extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue”
—Oxford Union Debate, 3 Dec 1964

Corey Gibson on Hugh MacDiarmid, Malcolm X, & their common cultural-political agenda
Modernism/Modernity 3/1 (2018)

6/10

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A black and white photograph, showing (L to R) Hugh MacDiarmid; Eric Abrahams (President of the Oxford Union, 1964); Malcolm X. MacDiarmid is 66, does not smile, and looks away from the camera, off to the right; Abrahams smiles broadly, and looks at us face-on; Malcolm X also looks at us, but, like MacDiarmid, does not smile.

Extremism in Poiesis and Praxis: Hugh MacDiarmid, Malcolm X, and Barry Goldwater, Oxford 1964 | Modernism Modernity

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I refer to my pup as a "cheeky wee bisom" meaning she's a cute cheeky wee thing.

Then I googled the word. In Ulster Scots it means a bad tempered woman, and the Dictionary of Scots Language at Glasgow Uni define it as a broom.

Have I misremembered my childhood? Does any one else use bisom in the sense of a rascal?

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“…on one occasion the Highland Queen was berthed by the master and a boy, the rest of the crew being quite incapable…”

In this blog post, Donald Meek explores the origins of the terms, common to Scots & Gaelic: “steaming drunk” & “smùid”

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A late 19th-century postcard. The printed text reads: Mottoes for those going “Doon the Watter” If it's losing the boat, or losing your drink— lose the boat. The image shows a colour illustration of a moustachio'd young man, standing at a bar, wearing a boater hat at a rakish angle, a dark green jacket, a yellow-and-white striped waistcoat and a red bow tie. He has one hand in his pocket as he looks over his shoulder, out of the door of the bar to see, in the distance, a steamship leaving the harbour. He raises a full pint mug to toast its departure.

Scots and Gaelic: words and their meanings: steamships, 'steaming', drunkenness and 'smuid' in Gaelic

SMOKING, DRINKING, DANCING AND SINGING ON THE HIGH SEAS: STEAMSHIPS AND THE USES OF SMÙID IN SCOTTISH GAELIC Donald E. Meek  ...
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Delighted tae be back at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎉 I sold my shows oot last year and would love to again. If you're looking for Scots folksongs, this is the show for you!

📍Ukrainian Community Centre
🗓️ Fri 21 / Sun 23 August
⏰ 18:00 / 19:30
💰 £20/17
🎟️ Tickets → bit.ly/fringeif

#ScotsLanguage #Doric #Folksinger

Award winning Scottish Folksinger Iona Fyfe Edinburgh Fringe Ukrainian Community Centre Venue #138 14 Royal Terrace Friday 21st August 18:00-19:00 Sunday 23rd August 19:30-20:30

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Scots Language & Identity
24 July, Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Tickets £12

Prof Jennifer Smith takes attendees through the past, present & future of Scots. Where did it come from? How was it used in the past? How is it being spoken today, & by who? Hear how this living, evolving language is being used in everyday speech, in the creative industries, in writing, & what it might look like in the future.

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#Scottish #language #culture #Scots #Scotslanguage

Scots Language and Identity | Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Join for an exploration of one of Scotland's official languages, as Professor Jennifer Smith FBA FRSE takes us through the past, present and future of Scots.
www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com
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#Glasgow #literature #poetry #Zen #poem #scots #scottish #scotslanguage @canongatebooks

Come with me to the Luke Kelly Festival in Dublin 🇮🇪

A family friendly festival organised by Dublin City Council, celebrating the iconic folksinger.

I took part in a panel with Steve Byrne chaired by Donal Fallon discussing Luke's love for Scots song and the state of play of folksong in Scotland today.

Watch till end if you want to see JFK on a horse 🐎

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#folkmusic #scotslanguage

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