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Scottish author Jim Murdoch discusses writing, his own and other authors, and muses at length about his fascination with the perversity of language. Veering from the nostalgic to the acerbic his blog will amuse anyone with a love of language.

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  • 4am, Reading Larkin

    Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 01:05 in poetry, larkin

    "Life? Don't talk to me about life!" – Marvin (The Paranoid Android)I don't sleep well. I'd put it down to my age but the truth is I've never slept especially well. I could blame it on a guilty conscience but we'll stick with the dickey bladder if ...

  • White pebbles and burning issues

    Posted on Saturday February 16th, 2008 at 03:04 in kafka, larkin, kipling, book burning

    I remember once, I'm not sure how old I was, wandering down a beach on the west of Scotland picking up pebbles. I was on a white pebble kick that day and dropped each brilliant specimen into my jacket pocket. When I got home I emptied them out onto t...