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He arrived at my primary school in 1946, skin turned to leather by the sun. He taught us Latin and English, cricket, football, and rugby. As scouts, we learnt to…

People in most professions acquire the habit of going to conferences, sometimes on a surprisingly frequent basis. Or at least they did before COVID-19; recently this has changed and now…

In 1802, in his sonnet, The world is too much with us , William Wordsworth lamented the way modern habits and industrialisation were opposing nature, and hoped for a glimpse…

A year has now passed since the word arrived of a new viral illness in Wuhan, accompanied by the alarming rumour that it seemed to pass from person to person…

First do no harm: I hope it is still the case that all medical students have heard these words from one or other of their teachers. Sometimes the admonition used…

The Greek myths, retold in English, were a small but memorable part of my earliest education. We followed the exciting journeys of Odysseus and the difficulties that he overcame, including…

It was the 11th November as I sat down to write. I was listening to the Remembrance Day evensong from Ely Cathedral, having just read Barbara Millar’s moving account of…

17 March 2021 Home Become a Friend A new international poetry competition, in memory of distinguished Aberdeen poet Gerard Rochford, is being launched on World Poetry Day on 21 March 2021. The Gerard…

It has been an interesting week. Not only the excitement of the Presidential Election and the looming disaster of a no-agreement Brexit, but also the rising interest in Long Covid…

Following a recent BBC Radio 4 programme on the 50th anniversary of The Cheviot, The Stag and The Black, Black Oil , Bill Paterson responds with an inside story of…