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Roncadora
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
Tower of Song
This essay on song writing is also available as a video podcast on YouTube or can be listened to as an audio podcast or download an MP3 file. I have no plans to podcast regularly, though I do have one … Continue reading
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Tagged bob-dylan, folk-music, indie-folk, Joni Mitchell, leonard-cohen, music, Poetry, singer-songwriter, songwriting, writing
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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
Posted in Books, Comment, Dumfries and Galloway, Environmental
Tagged environment, poem, poems, poet, Poetry, situationalism, writing
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In the Eyrie
What a pleasure it was to participate in the Wigtown Book Festival Southlight Launch which took place in the eyrie of the Nature Room, perched on the top floor of the County Buildings. It’s definitely the best Southlight Event I’ve been … Continue reading
The consensus amongst poets….”We’re stuffed!”
“we’re stuffed: I can’t really see a way out of this, there are too many interested parties who have no appetite or incentive for taking their foot of the gas.” — Simon Armitage Continue reading
Posted in Environmental
Tagged "Extinction Rebellion, "Kate Andrews", "Simon Armitage", "Simon Stevens", climate, Monbiot, Poetry, Theatre, Thunberg
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Carruchan 
Great Lives, The Lisbon Lions, Scottish Landscape and Bohemia in a Small Scottish Town
I’d never heard of the improvisational guitarist Derek Bailey until I encountered his story on BBC Radio’s Great Lives programme. Amongst other things, the programme was memorable for a short and fractious exchange between the presenter Matthew Parris, and comedian … Continue reading →