The Carrying Stream

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The Carrying Stream — a podcast for Scottish words and ideas.🎙️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://pod.link/1865430519

Just had a fantastic double interview with Dr Erin Farley, Dundee’s best literary historian, and Taylor Dyson, Dundee’s best young poet & performer in Scots. New episode on “Dundee poetry: Past and Present” coming out in the next few days.

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Dr Clément Guézais discussing and analysing the medieval Franco-Scottish treaties and how these represented an ideal of friendship in diplomacy: a partnership of equals, separate entities but united by a common purpose. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 For more insight on the Auld Alliance, listen to Episode 7 (link in bio).

Dr Clément Guézais discussing and analysing the medieval Franco-Scottish treaties and how these represented an ideal of friendship in diplomacy: a partnership of equals, separate entities but united by a common purpose. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 For more insight on the Auld Alliance, listen to Episode 7 (link in bio).

A few days ago, I spoke to Robert Crawford – the distinguished poet, Emeritus Professor of Scottish Literature at St Andrews. We talked about Robert’s lifelong effort to celebrate the diversity of Scotland’s tradition as well as his love for Burns, Eliot and Japanese haïku! Episode coming soon.

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A few days ago, I spoke to Robert Crawford – the distinguished poet, Emeritus Professor of Scottish Literature at St Andrews. We talked about Robert’s lifelong effort to celebrate the diversity of Scotland’s tradition as well as his love for Burns, Eliot and Japanese haïku! Episode coming soon.

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Wonderful - unique - conversation between a French scholar-poet who writes in Scots and a Czech scholar-poet who writes in Gaelic. Paul and Petra provide a fresh European perspective on c20th Scotland, with beautiful recordings of Derick Thomson reading his poetry, and Petra hers

The Carrying Stream@thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Dr Petra Johana Poncarová discussing how researching Gaelic literature inspired her own poetry in the language, mixing elements of Gaelic and Czech cultures and places. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿 Listen to the full interview by clicking on the link: pod.link/1865430519

This episode’s guest is Dr Petra Johana Poncarová, a native speaker of Czech who has become a distinguished scholar of Gaelic literature and an award-winning poet in Gaelic. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿 Petra’s perspective is totally unique, and I’m very glad to share this conversation with you. pod.link/1865430519

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Just had a fantastic discussion with Dr Petra Poncarová. Petra is one of the very few Europeans who’s mastered Gaelic to the point of writing both sound scholarship about it & award-winning poetry in it. She’s got a unique perspective and I can’t wait to air the interview to you all soon! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿

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Just had a fantastic discussion with Dr Petra Poncarová. Petra is one of the very few Europeans who’s mastered Gaelic to the point of writing both sound scholarship about it & award-winning poetry in it. She’s got a unique perspective and I can’t wait to air the interview to you all soon! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿

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