> Contrariwise, in the same discussion, this guy who lives two floors above
me
> in the flats suddenly asked if I knew of a poet/playwright called Stephen
> Mulrhine (sp?)
It's spelled "Mulrine".
<snarl>
Rob(in)
> - I'd never heard of him but he's the cousin of the fella who
> was talking - said fella is an alcoholic druggie who is on crutches
because
> he got in a fight - later on I spoke to Rob and it transpires that SM went
> to university with R, a year before, and was initially one of the
> instigators of the Glasgow School in the 60's. My point being twofold:
what
> a small world it is, and what a big one.
As dave now knows, my Dear Dead Dad christened Steve's first son, which
makes it even freakier.
(Oh, yes, later, father also Confirmed Robert Crawford. As dave says, small
world Glasgow ...)
Leaving aside the various libellous elements which could accrue around this,
there's an interesting argument over just +where+ the Glasgow Language Wars
started -- was it Steve (Mulrine)'s "The Coming of the Wee Malkies" or Tom
Leonard's "Six Glasgow Poems"?
:-(
Rob(in)
God, it's even more complicated than this, but I don't think I want to go
into the details ... The past is another country ...
R2.
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