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Sally on Sunday discuss Scots New Testament
Sally Magnusson discusses the Scots New Testament with Priscilla Lorimer
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Hugh MacDiarmid- A Portrait by Margaret Tait (1964)
'An original kind of tribute' is what George Mackay Brown called Tait's 1964 documentary about one of Scotland's greatest poets; Hugh MacDiarmid.
"A study of the poet, who was seventy-one at the time. There is straightforward material, of him in his own home, and, in addition to speaking his o... more
Margaret Tait
Margaret Tait was one of Britain's most individual artist filmmakers. Over the course of 46 years she produced over 30 films including one feature, Blue Black Permanent (1992) and published five books of poetry and short stories, while living between the Island of Orkney and Edinburgh.
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The Watergaw
Listen to Hugh MacDiarmid talk about and read his masterpiece, the Watergaw.
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A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
Listen to Hugh MacDiarmid read, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
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The Hugh MacDiarmid memorial Langholm
Hugh MacDiarmid Links
Scottish Poetry Library biography
http://www.spl.org.uk/poets_a-
BBC Scottish Writers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/
Langholm
http://www.undiscoveredscotlan
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Freedom Come All Ye
Freedom Come All Ye is Scotland’s international anthem. Listen to Irish traditional music legend Luke Kelly’s version of the song on youtube
Read more about Luke Kelly on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L
For more information about the song visit Dick Gaughan’s web si... more
Tam O Shanter Overture
Tam O Shanter has inspired artists from across Europe. Here the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg under the direction of Scott Lawton perform Malcolm Arnold’s Tam O Shanter overture at the Musikfestspiele in Potsdam
More information about Malcolm Arnold and Tam O Shanter http://www.ch... more
Dookin for aipples
“Dookin for aipples” is one of the most popular Hallowe’en traditions in Scotland. In this film from 1961 youngsters in Edinburgh show how to do it.
http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid
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Kidnapped Translated
It won't be the first time that Kidnapped has been translated but it surely is the first time the Stevenson novel has been rendered in Scots and as a graphic novel too. Kidnappit is the latest product from Scots language children's publisher Itchy Coo and will be on sale from 1st February. The bo... more
Songs and Rhymes from Childhood
Ewan McVicar has written the first comprehensive book regarding the lore, songs and rhymes of Scottish children, collected form the street and playground during the last 150 years. People are sure to remember many songs and other material collected here, and a good deal is in Scots. Mr McVicar is... more
Chorin Stanes...
Hello aw, howp ye hae aw been fine this hinmaist week. I'm nippin out in a bit, sae jist time fer a wee blog this week
I hae been feil thrang, I can tell ye that. Syne I'll be daein Scottish History at Uni in September, I decidit tae get a heid stairt a while back an read aw the Scottish his... more
