Robert Somynne, Poet: It Is Sweet And Honourable To Rebel For One’s Country
On Saturday the 28th of June thousands of people across the British Isles celebrated Armed Services Day. It has become
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Robert Somynne: The Impertinence Of Liberty
After his Death, a poem for Hugh MacDiarmid by Norman MacCaig: It turned out that the bombs he had thrown
Robert Somynne: The World Is Your Smokie
“Scotland small? Our multiform, our infinite Scotland small? Only as a patch of hillside may be a cliché corner To
Pilgrimage To Melrose: The Fiddler’s Tale
What is the purpose of the pilgrimage? The traditional answer would have centred on an idea of religious devotion or
Robert Somynne: Dangerous Words
“Scotland and Wales are socially, and by their history, traditions, and sometimes institutions, entirely distinct from England, and cannot therefore
Robert Somynne: Searching for a Nation
‘It’s a strength! You can be both!’” “That was an amazing thing to hear. So I stopped feeling like a