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I arrived at the Coach and Horses last Thursday with no intention to write anything about the evening which was to come. But I went home with a different idea entirely for the event celebrated not just poetry but … Continue reading
Publishing’s Age of Change
Kirkcudbright Book Week, Selkirk Arms 9th March 2025 Is it truly impossible for aspiring writers to break into the publishing industry? At this, the penultimate event in Kirkcudbright Book Week 2025, the panel of experts seemed to think so. The … Continue reading
This is Robert Rutherford Speaking. What can I do for you?
I was lucky enough to be in attendance at a book launch in Dumfries’s Coach and Horses to celebrate the publication of Pete Fortune’s two books of short stories, Waving at Strangers in Passing Cars and A Pauper from Irishgait … Continue reading
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Native: Life in a Vanishing Landscape
I spotted Patrick Laurie this morning, just outside Dumfries at Loch Arthur farm shop and cafe. Having never previously seen him in person, I paused for a moment wondering had I got the right man, but where others were enjoying … Continue reading
How to avoid a climate disaster…
If you have been living under a stone for the last fortnight, or have in some other manner, [and with good reason] been protecting yourself from all the world wishes to throw at you, then you may not already be … Continue reading
The Production of Money: How to Break the Power of Bankers
This book by Ann Pettifor is a clearly written explanation of how the financial system can be used, to activate or redirect the resources of the state in favour of whatever great project may be deemed important. Her arguments are … Continue reading
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Post Capitalism – A Guide to the Future
I’ve finished a book, a few months ago now, by the financial journalist Paul Mason, called Post Capitalism: A Guide to Our Future. If this kind of thing interests you I would thoroughly recommend it. As a starter you … Continue reading
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Questioning Identity
Two Tales from Wigtown In his book, Against Identity, Alexander Douglas quotes Upton Sinclair: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” Douglas goes on to say: “Well, try … Continue reading →