Alan Riach at the Saltire Society

Alan Riach, Professor of Poetry at Glasgow University, was the guest of the Saltire Society on Wednesday, 19th November, at the Ormidale Pavilion. He gave a fluent lecture on Scotland’s poets, to the great interest of those present, many of whom play an active part in Arran’s poetry scene, and handed out samples of work by the classic writers such as Hugh McDiarmid and Iain Crichton Smith. He made particular mention, too, of the women who have brought a new dimension to Scottish poetry, and read work by Liz Lochhead and Kathleen Jamie. A very thought-provoking evening.