#scottishidentity — Public Fediverse posts

‘Part Fable, Part Porridge’: Jackie Kay & Dame Hermione Lee on Writing the Self

For many theorists of autobiography, the form assumes a self that can be known & a life that can be accounted for. But how do you write an autobiography when your origin & identity are unknown, uncertain, or multiple?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBRPfyW2Vjk

#Scottish #literature #writing #autobiography #lifewriting #identity #ScottishIdentity #adoption

Scotland’s a sense of change, an endless
becoming for which there was never a kind
of wholeness or ultimate category.
Scotland’s an attitude of mind.

—“Speaking of Scotland” by Maurice Lindsay (1918–2009) – born #OTD, 21 July
Published in COLLECTED POEMS 1940–1990 (AUP 1990)

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#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scotland #ScottishIdentity

Whisky: the spirit of Scottish national identity

“Whisky, no doubt, is a devil; but why has this devil so many worshippers?”
—Lord Cockburn, 1845

Charles Snodgrass looks at how whisky intersects with writers, artefacts, politics, economy, & geography, as well as Scotland’s national psyche

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2016/04/whisky-the-spirit-of-scottish-national-identity/

#Scottish #literature #culture #Scotland #whisky #WorldWhiskyDay #ScottishIdentity

“Scottishness is as much myth as it is history, which means that we must guard it carefully, retell it beautifully &, more than anything else, love it wisely”

John Burnside (1955–2024) was born #OTD, 19 March. His career as an author & poet spanned nearly 40 years

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https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2024/07/in-search-of-a-homeland

#Scottish #literature #poetry #novels #JohnBurnside #Scottishness #ScottishIdentity

Lochhead’s Mary
26 March, Perth. £7.50/£5

Liz Lochhead’s Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off is one of the most iconic plays in modern Scottish theatre. This special event will reflect on Lochhead’s enduring influence on Scottish writing & identity

https://www.culturepk.org.uk/event/lochheads-mary/

#Scottish #literature #theatre #drama #LizLochhead #MaryQueenofScots #history #identity #ScottishIdentity