Very sorry to report that Douglas Dunn has passed away. He was the finest Scottish poet of the post-war period. Dougie was also someone we knew and loved as a dear friend, mentor and teacher, and he will be deeply missed.

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And that is what I, a German teacher of English, love about the arts in your country. There is a deep and profound admiration for heritage and culture which connects and combines. (Maybe my sentimentality speaking. Just an Anglophile.)

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Love this angle. Words carry more than definitions. They carry memory and feeling we don't even notice. One small thing that helps me: saying a word out loud slows me down enough to catch what it's really doing. Looking forward to Tuesdays now.

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Only a few tickets left for MONDAY's workshop - Writing the Pantoum: Repetition, Reverie and the Art of Echo with David Morley 11/5/26. One of the UK's best poetry teachers. Book here - www.cathdrake.com @profdavidmorley.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social

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One of the baby oaks... maybe just 100 years old sailing on the common surrounded by an aromatic sea of bluebells. My friend made a wish on this tree and it came true. Today I wished too. #Tuesdaytree #bluebells #Ashridge

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