I’ll be in St Andrews @StAPresTrust a week today. One of my themes will be Scots abroad with examples from twa cronies in Hawaii, Mary Slessor in Calabar, RL Stevenson in California & the North Carolina Poet, Charles McNeil. A wheen o fowk are comin , but aye room for a few mair
Scotland and Yes Forever, tangerine flavoured fitba, claret coloured wine
- If you were 1 of the 9 new folk who signed up to listen to my Audio book yesterday, many thanks. If ye didnae, whit's keepin ye? The history of a language spoken by 1.5 million Scots, which celebrates a brilliant literary pedigree going back 1000 years.
- The bland all grey kit doesnae help either. No definition it to it. Hearts looked as if they were against a team playing in their pyjamas.An embarrassing afternoon for @dundeeunitedfc - we looked like what we are…16 strangers. Dodgy defense, blunt attack and a malfunctioning midfield with poor, inaccurate passing. A game gifted to a makeshift Hearts team who seized it with relish. And Celtic up next FFS!
- An embarrassing afternoon for @dundeeunitedfc - we looked like what we are…16 strangers. Dodgy defense, blunt attack and a malfunctioning midfield with poor, inaccurate passing. A game gifted to a makeshift Hearts team who seized it with relish. And Celtic up next FFS!
- And to prove it’s really me, here’s one of my all time favourite passages from Scottish literature. I got Sunset Song as a school prize when I was 15, and came out of it a different person. You can listen to me reading both Scots The Mither Tongue and Born in Kyle on Audible.


