Alexander Linklater

Working title – "Antagonist: the life behind Hugh MacDiarmid"

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

William Collins scoops biography of 'contentious and politically influential poet' MacDiarmid https://t.co/mF2cuDXcip

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

I speak to you from the heart of the Scottish Renaissance of the twentieth century: this is an absolutely first-rate case of the Caledonian Antisyzygy in farce mode

[The Herald @heraldscotland]

Q Manivannan has been given the role of culture spokesperson by the Scottish Greens 👇

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

@FrankLeeBrian @UKScotBrit @Dannythefink I mean, isn't that what makes it fun, when the sober guy turns up at 6am and says, "what the hell has been happening in here?" And everyone looks up in horror from their crack pipes and urine-puddles and realises that they're a week late for work

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

@FrankLeeBrian @UKScotBrit @Dannythefink He wasn't invited to the party, was he?

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

@Genghiscanny I mean he can think, and argue, and use the English language to best effect

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

In all the dozen years since the independence referendum of 2014, this is the single most devastating piece of writing about Scotland that I have read. An unimprovable exemplar of “controlled diatribe”.

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

@Genghiscanny "Danny the Genocide enthusiast"... really?

Thing is, he can write a well-aimed barb

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

Forgive me the sinful thought, but there’s me thinking maybe they’ve already got that…

[James Bundy @jamesbundy]

Scotland deserves a Parliament worthy of its people. While the Presiding Officer’s reforms are a step forward, much more remains to be done.

My latest for @enlighten_scot

https://t.co/np1IDJwiB0

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

“We find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end". The defining statement of modern geology, coined by James Hutton in his 1788 Theory of the Earth.

[Being Scottish @BeingScots]

On this day 300 years ago: James Hutton was born in Edinburgh. He convinced people that the Earth’s crust was shaped not by one catastrophic flood, but by slow processes like erosion & volcanic activity over millions of years, earning him the title "The Father of Modern Geology".

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

https://t.co/V96IEmqojP

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

Ok, this is funny

[Gareth Baines @DrGABaines]

Nicola Sturgeon has updated her pronouns to him/not me

[Kenny Farquharson @KennyFarq]

Hugh MacDiarmid’s personal bookplate is me on a good day.

[Phil Craig @philmcraig]

Really looking forward to more unbiased Scottish commentary from Alistair at the World Cup.

[David Benedict 🏳️‍🌈🕎 @eggsbened]

There are days when I miss being an editor and I particularly loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off.

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

@LiamMcIlvanney Yet anon repairs his drooping head! His memory is a thing of wonder... and his MacD commentaries are a literary dragon's hoard... need to get those scholarly mofos published!

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

@LiamMcIlvanney 😲 all 200 lines!

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

The Sturgeon Years by @ProfJMitchell
"There are no simple solutions to the tough problems of public policy... Politicians should set out objectives but they must include a delivery plan otherwise speeches are just words and possibly cruel deceptions."

https://t.co/potUK6jefH

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

Merz on the EU... complete revision of the last 10 years

[matrixbot @thematrixb0t]

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz just called the EU a "complete failure" in front of global elites by stating, "Germany & Europe have wasted incredible potential. We have become the world champion of over-regulation & zero growth."

[Alexander Linklater @ARLinklater]

@KennyFarq Nothing to see here!