- Indelible Ink : Be Near Me Andrew O’Hagan’s Booker nominated 2006 novel Be Near Me tackles themes which are common in modern Scottish literature, but in a manner which is very much of his own styling. Religion, politics, bigotry, class, nationality and sexuality are explored in the novel but with a more considered eye than many of his contemporaries. There is […]
- Indelible Ink : Morvern Callar In the first of his monthly columns on Scottish Literature, Alistair Braidwood takes a closer look at ‘Morvern Callar’ by Alan Warner, the 1995 novel that was later made into a film by Lynne Ramsay. Next month Alistair will examine Andrew O’Hagan’s ‘Be Near Me’.
- Indelible Ink: A new monthly column by Alistair Braidwood There’s more to life than books you know, but not much more… You rarely hear the question asked; ‘What is Scottish music?’ or ‘What is Scottish film?’ The same goes for theatre, painting, or even comedy. In all these examples the question of their Scottishness or otherwise has long since mattered less than the argument […]
- Modern Girls, Modern Boys: How Gregory’s Girl Promised a New Scotland The nicest part is just before you taste it, but that can’t go on forever.
