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The dialect spoken in Kirkudbright and Wigtown (collectively Galloway) was once more distinct than it is today. The reason for this lies with influences spreading from the north (from the Glasgow conurbation), and by means of people settling from Ireland, principally around Stranraer and Wigtown.... more
'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 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.
Margaret ... more
Listen to Hugh MacDiarmid talk about and read his masterpiece, the Watergaw.
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Listen to Hugh MacDiarmid read, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
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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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