Reading Scotland with Margaret Bennet
Why Scotland Celebrates St Andrew's Day
2 Dec, online – free
Dr Margaret Bennet talks about the relevance of celebrating St Andrew’s Day today & dives into the origins of this national holiday
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The Little White Rose
(To John Gawsworth)
The rose of all the world is not for me.
I want for my part
Only the little white rose of Scotland
That smells sharp and sweet—and breaks the heart.
—Hugh MacDiarmid, “The Little White Rose”
A poem for St Andrew’s Day 🏴
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46800/the-little-white-rose
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