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Association for Scottish Literature
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Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.

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They are absolute stars, every other shop has wall to wall Christmas jingles and the Co has angry French neo-punk about rabies
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It’s from Don Paterson, from the Guardian interview
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I mean I’ve heard of prompt criticality but this is ridiculous
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Also, has anyone asked why the AI models have nuclear weapons secrets in the first place? Who is storing demon core recipes in the slop machine?
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This – THIS – is why we need serifs
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Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (Official Video)
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December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“…A complicated love song, of an often unrequited love, but still, with all its bile and pain, this is an expression of love. My love song for my country, for my home and for where I belong.”

—Hear Hannah Lavery read “Scotland, you’re no mine”
#StAndrewsDay
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'Scotland, You're No Mine' by Hannah Lavery
This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2019. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“I wrote this poem in a breath. A long held breath. All that was long held, for so long, was coughed and spat out on the page. There is rage here, much rage, at Scotland’s amnesia, at her claims of exceptionalism, but this is a love song too…”
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Scotland, You're No Mine
Scotland, you’re no mine (you were no his) and I don’t want you.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM