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The Three Polis: Scots and Intralingual Translation

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Bill Herbert

The panel I took part in on translation at last week’s Newcastle Poetry Festival raised a number of issues of equal fascination to both poets and translators, and, one would hope, readers of both. I found myself as excited by … Continue reading →

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Watching for Dolphins

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Bill Herbert

What does it mean, beyond the simple delight at your own good luck, to look out of your window at the River Tay, and see dolphins swimming past? Or, as happened to me once last year, to pick up the … Continue reading →

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