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Cornerstones: Quartz
Linda Cracknell reflects on the appeal of the quartz on Ben Lawers, her local Munro.
Poet Kenneth Steven on the Scottish islands
Poet Kenneth Steven writes on the remote islands of St Kilda.
Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on Scottish island life
Poet Kenneth Steven writes on Raasay, an island close to Skye.
Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on Scottish island life
Kenneth Steven looks at Rum, a wild and windswept Hebridean island.
Poet Kenneth Steven on Scottish island life
Poet Kenneth Steven writes on Hoy in the archipelago of the Orkney islands
Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on Scottish island life
Kenneth Steven writes on the Hebridean island of Iona.
Shakespeare 400. Joan Fitzpatrick on Wolf All? Shakespeare and food
Joan explores the symbolism of food and eating in Shakespeare's plays
Shakespeare 400. James Loxley on Undiscovered Countries: Shakespeare and the Nation
James explores the light Shakespeare throws on national identity, then and now
Minds at War: Sean O'Casey's "The Silver Tassie"
Playwright and academic Elizabeth Kuti explores Sean O'Casey's "The Silver Tassie"
Minds at War: Father Browne's war photograph
Photographer John D McHugh explores one of the war photos taken by Fr Francis Browne
