Tag Archives: freedom

Grey Granite: Grassic Gibbon revisited

Posted on 29/04/2023 by alasdairflett

I wrote this piece in early 2020 pre-lockdown and never published it at the time. Please enjoy this B-side from the Flett-cetera discography. Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the short-lived novelist most famous for his Scots Quair trilogy. Sunset Song, the … Continue reading →

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Almost two years, and three King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard albums later

Posted on 19/06/2021 by alasdairflett

I have passed year one of two of my condensed law degree at Strathclyde. That was Wednesday’s news, delivered to the mobile app and received during lunch break at Glasgow Cathedral, with breakdowns of each exam. One annum’s study hasn’t … Continue reading →

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A Loving Economy: Alasdair Gray’s ‘Poor Things’

Posted on 02/02/2021 by alasdairflett

I postponed the boat Glasgowward to two-thirds through the month and made it up a tier from three to four without arrest, though I intelligently left a Kindle on the Megabus as evidence of my transit (recovered a week later … Continue reading →

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