Fay Young
Four poems in defiance of an uneasy spring
In times of war, poetry is a kind of defiance, a resistance. Humanity reclaimed?
Inside the Wall of Death, a wealth of human kindness
‘Wall of Death!’ the taxi driver sounds surprised – incredulous might be a better word – but also intrigued and wanting to know more.
A new year message from ancient times
Perhaps there’s something quietly comforting in the thought that people were gathering for a December dawn five thousand years ago in a ceremonial building.
Forget Trump: ‘Everybody loves the sunshine’
A wee tribute to American musician Roy Ayers who blows the dark Trumpian clouds away with one song…
‘Give them hope’ – four (or more) poems for the budget
Democracy shudders and trembles in the ‘red dawn’ but we can defy despair. Here’s four poems (and one more) offering a way to connect rather than divide winners and losers in the human race…’a funny…
How to garden in a changing climate?
How do we meet the needs of birds, bees and butterflies when storms blow the blossom off our wild fruit trees and flowering times are thoroughly out of sync with birds, bats and insects hatching?…
Look this way: the glass is half full
“Around 70% of Scotland is covered with farmland and agricultural funding has made its mark on the landscape. Scotland, for all its apparently wild beauty, is like the rest of the UK “one of the…
Cut to the bone. Is this what Scotland’s culture is worth?
“At the end of a year of confusing cuts, un-cuts and renewed cuts, the Scottish Government’s latest pledge is to invest £100m in the cultural sector over the next five years. How widely and how…
A splash of sunshine
“Perhaps it would be nice to be a degree or two warmer than today’s 16C. But every day brings news of the burning reality of climate change in blistering heatwaves reaching 50C in many places…
Sunshine on Rachel House
Fund-raising is a constant fact of life for a charity providing high quality, multi-disciplinary “life and death affirming” care for a growing number of children and families facing the reality of life with life-shortening conditions. …
