Tag Archives: Jackie Kay

Omnisatire and the Ragged Sleeve

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Bill Herbert

Reading The Poets of The People’s Journal, edited by Kirstie Blair, I am so far maist impressed by by the mock-rustic ‘Poute’ (Alexander Burgess), wha conducts a sort of omnisatire, in that he critiques mid-19th century assumptions about poetry, the … Continue reading →

Posted in current emanations | Tagged 'Poute' (Alexander Burgess), Adrian Wisniewski, Alexander Moffat, Alison Flett, Annalena McAfee, David Kinloch, David Wheatley, George Gilfillan, Guardian Review, Harry Giles, Hugh MacDiarmid, Jackie Kay, Kate Kellaway, Kirstie Blair, Liz Lochhead, Lys Hansen, People's Journal, Peter Howson, R.D. Laing, Richard Price, Robert Burns, Robert Crawford, Stella Cartwright, Stephen Campbell, The Bottle Imp, Tom Leonard, W.S. Graham, William Letford, William McGonagall | 1 Comment

From the Miniature to the Virtual: Informationist Dundee

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Bill Herbert

Like several Scottish and Northern cities which have struggled with their changing identity – are they, as formerly, principally provincial conglomerations, or can they become something more, something capable of rebalancing the stacked centre/region dichotomy? – Dundee has performed and … Continue reading →

Posted in dundee makar | Tagged Alice, Cox's Stack, Czech Republic, D.M. Brown's, Darlington, Draffens, Dundee, Dundee Doldrums, Dundee Makar, Durham, Edinburgh, Edwin Morgan, Elgin, Flann O'Brien, Frieda Kahlo, Gairfish, General Monck, Groucho's, Grove Academy, Hugh MacDiarmid, Hull, Informationist Dundee, Jackie Kay, John Davidson, Kolkata, Lewis Carroll, Liz Lochhead, Mennie's, Mexico City, Michael Marra, Monty Python, Newcaslte, Noctes Ambrosianae, Pedro Serrano, Richard Price, Royal Arch, Royal Society of Literature, Scots language, Shanghai, Situationism, Speedwell Tavern, Stirling, Tay Whale, Taybridge Bar, The Goons, The McManus, The Overgate, The Pillars, The Ruin, The White Knight, Through the Looking Glass, Trades Kirk, Virtual Scotland, W.S. Graham, Whaleback City, William McGonagall, Wordsworth Trust | 1 Comment

Non-Standard (4)

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Bill Herbert

(Much has changed since this final section was written, not least the formalisation of the live literature campus into another aspect of the rethinking of the arts as a calendrical round of festivals and an administrative round of grant applications. … Continue reading →

Posted in xenochronicity | Tagged Andy Croft, Anne Michaels, Arc Publications, Bartleby, Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures, Bloodsxe Books, Bulgaria, Gillian Allnutt, Herman Melville, Holocaust Memorial Day, Jackie Kay, John Kinsella, Lewis Hyde, Newcastle University, Sir Philip Sidney, Sofia, The Baltic, The British Council, The Spontaniacs | 1 Comment

Root and Graft

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Bill Herbert

(This piece was written in November 2004 in response to a request from Beeb2’s Culture Show for a take on the NE’s literary scene. It didn’t take. But it roughs out the idea that there is in the UK a cultural … Continue reading →

Posted in elderblog | Tagged Alan Plater, Andrea Badenoch, Anne Stevenson, Basil Bunting, Connie Pickard, Debbie Taylor, Fred D’Aguiar, Gillian Allnutt, Jack Mapanje, Jackie Kay, Jo Shapcott, Julia Darling, Kitty Fitzgerald, Lee Hall, Linda France, Margaret Wilkinson, Morden Tower, New Writing North, Pat Barker, Penny Sumner, Peter Straughan, Sean O’Brien, Sid Chaplin, Tom Hadaway, Tony Harrison, Val MacDermid | Leave a comment

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Omnisatire and the Ragged Sleeve

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