As loyal readers of Writing the Way, I thought you might enjoy this recent article by Roger Cox, Arts & Books Editor of the Scotsman …
Category: Writing
Posted on 25th May, 2019
The Grand Tour
The Writer has not been in Residence in the Cairngorms this week but gallivanting down through the capital cities on a Grand Tour. The Pilgrim …
Posted on 17th May, 2019
Every Language Welcome
Namaste! Most of you probably recognise the word, some of you use it in yoga classes and some may even know what it means. Pronounced …
Posted on 10th May, 2019
Poetry in Practice
One of my great hopes for this year as Writer in Residence at the Cairngorms National Park was to dedicate more time to my poetry. …
Posted on 3rd May, 2019
Cairngorms Staff Away Day
Staff away days can be notorious for press-ganging resistant folk through ‘team-building’ exercises like tying Betty from accounts to intern Joey’s back and asking them …
Posted on 5th April, 2019
Lambing Snows
It is the beginning of April and, here in the Cairngorms, the beginning of lambing. Everyone up here knows about the notorious ‘lambing snows’: that …
Posted on 29th March, 2019
The Nature Writer & The Big Surprise
When I arrive at Speyside High School the welcome from Lesley Williamson, Head of English is warm, though a little surprised. She confesses with a …
Posted on 22nd March, 2019
The Cairngorms Lyric is Born
Atop the cnoc, the moon is new And scooping swifts adorn The inky blue. Catriona
Posted on 15th March, 2019
Well Met at The London Book Fair
All the fun of the fair Speed dating has never appealed to me and my early launch into monogamy has rendered it unnecessary, at least …