Tag Archives: human dignity

‘They’re doing the best they can’: We’re all on our L-PLates

23 Oct
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Waiting to cross an intersection, I noticed the loud blaring of a car horn, from the third car back from the lights. I realised that the front car had not progressed and then I noticed that the driver was a … Read More »

Shuggie Bain and ‘we’re all in this together’.

9 Feb
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I’ve just finished Douglas Stuart’s fabulous novel, Shuggie Bain, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize. It’s the story of a deeply unhappy woman and her son Shuggie, set in desperately poor housing in suburban Glasgow, over the years 1982 – 1992. … Read More »