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Letter from Denmark: Lines from an Ancient Landscape

It’s blustery and a bit grey on the way to the coast today. The geometric geese you see in the sky at this time of year have now moved on. Their cackle and bark is replaced by the quiet moan of the wind through tall beech trees. There’s an intriguing stone wall running parallel withContinue reading “Letter from Denmark: Lines from an Ancient Landscape”

Letter from Denmark: Thoughts on a Late Summer Morning

Arriving early in Hornbaek, all is quiet. There’s only the occasional flapping of lines on masts and a seagull calling out in bird Esperanto to anyone who’ll listen. Up here on the north coast of Zealand you’re in another world. It’s a small community by the sea where life changes very slowly. The old smilingContinue reading “Letter from Denmark: Thoughts on a Late Summer Morning”

Scottish Cultural Revival

A teacher wrote to me recently and asked if the magazine I edit could publish something about the Tartan Army. As an auld yin, the history of the Tartan Army is part of my own lifetime. Far from being mere football fans, these sporting sons and daughters of Auld Caledonia represent a revival and affirmationContinue reading “Scottish Cultural Revival”