The Crumbly Chronicles (Part 4)
This is the fourth and final part of The Crumbly Chronicles by Robin Lloyd-Jones (1934-2024). 4.1 An Hotel in Drumnadrochit4.2 Autumn in Glen Affric ATTIC ARCHIVESD. The Ascent of Ben GlasF. My Friend Death
The Crumbly Chronicles (Part 3)
This is the third part of The Crumbly Chronicles by Robin Lloyd-Jones (1934-2024). 3. Summer 2021 (continued)3.2 On the Shore3.3 Long Weekend in Wester Ross Part 1: The Best Part of a Goodish Bit Part 2: Never Give Up Part 3: The Art of Losing Isn’t Hard to Master Part 4: The Gastronauts3.4 A Jolly … Continue reading The Crumbly Chronicles (Part 3)
The Crumbly Chronicles (Part 2)
This is the second part of The Crumbly Chronicles by Robin Lloyd-Jones (1934-2024). 2. Spring 20212.1 Another Fine Mess2.2 Two Men on a Bummel2.3 Give and Take 3. Summer 20213.1 In Which We Go PromenadingInterlude in the Rain Attic Archive A (2020): The Triple AArchive G: Benches on the Helensburgh Promenade
The Crumbly Chronicles (Part 1)
This is the first part of The Crumbly Chronicles by Robin Lloyd-Jones (1934-2024). IntroductionPart 1: Winter 2020-211.1 Open Gates and Green Bananas1.2 Miracles Shining1.3 The Green KettleAttic Archive: Stroke
The Crumbly Chronicles by Robin Lloyd-Jones
When he died last year, Autumn Voices’ founder Robin Lloyd-Jones left a memoir of ageing, The Crumbly Chronicles, describing walks he made with his old friend Archie when both were into their eighties. Over the next few months we’ll be publishing The Crumbly Chronicles in installments. Each part will appear here on the AV blog, … Continue reading The Crumbly Chronicles by Robin Lloyd-Jones
Steadfast Trickster
The launch of the book Steadfast Trickster: tributes to Robin Lloyd-Jones took place on Saturday 25 November at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, and on Zoom. Sadly Robin couldn’t attend the launch at the Mitchell Library because he was in hospital recovering from a heart attack – but he is thankfully back on his feet again. … Continue reading Steadfast Trickster
Here We Are: The Pathhead Choir Project
Our project with the Pathhead Choir has now come to an end. ‘Here We Are!’ saw Autumn Voices working with songwriter, workshop tutor and choir leader, Sophie Bancroft. Sophie guided a group of Pathhead community members aged 60+ to write original songs for The Pathhead Choir to perform. These songs were arranged and notated for the choir by … Continue reading Here We Are: The Pathhead Choir Project
Two new songs by Alf Barnett
As part of Autumn Voices’ Third Age Plus Pioneers project, singer songwriter Chiara Berardelli and multi disciplinary cabaret artist Miss Annabel Sings worked together on a very special project with Alf Barnett, a 93 year-old man (and Annabel’s dad) living in Wembley, whose long held dream was to write songs and perform. Listen to Alf’s songs, ‘Roses’ and ‘Memories’. … Continue reading Two new songs by Alf Barnett
Writing in Scots: the honest voice
Last week, Sheila Templeton introduced us to the idea of getting started writing in Scots. This week, she tells us about her early experiences of writing and how she got started writing poetry in Scots, using the words that were familiar to her from her native Aberdeenshire. Sheila’s been kind enough to share some of … Continue reading Writing in Scots: the honest voice
Anne Dunford reviews – Underwood by Stewart Conn
Regular Autumn Voices contributor, Anne Dunford, is back with another book review for us. This time, we asked her to review Stewart Conn’s latest pamphlet, Underwood, published by Mariscat Press this summer. The title of this, Stewart Conn’s fourth poetry pamphlet, is taken from the old Underwood Standard typewriter which Stewart had inherited from his father. … Continue reading Anne Dunford reviews – Underwood by Stewart Conn
Poetic Inspiration
There’s just one week left to enter the Autumn Voices poetry competition! If you’re desperate to submit an entry but feeling a bit stuck with your writing, we’ve got the perfect blog to get your poetry juices flowing. Kay Ritchie, one of the highly commended poets featured in the recent Living Our Dying competition, tells … Continue reading Poetic Inspiration
Quick & Quirky Questions with Abigail Ottley: Rubella, Watercolours and Air Rifle Pellets
Abigail Ottley is an English teacher turned poet who has published several pieces of work and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Dementia and Memory – Runners Up Entry
Last week, we announced the winner of the September flash competition on the theme of ‘dementia and memory’. This week, we’re publishing the runner-up entry as it was such a close vote and we think it’s an excellent piece our readers would like to see. The entry is by 70-year-old Abigail Ottley and we know … Continue reading Dementia and Memory – Runners Up Entry
How do we learn to write in Scots?
We’re now just past the halfway mark in our poetry month here at Autumn Voices and you still have almost two weeks to enter our annual competition. This week’s blog will whet the appetite of anyone who’s ever written in Scots, or wanted to write in, and it comes to us courtesy of Sheila Templeton, … Continue reading How do we learn to write in Scots?
Quick & Quirky Questions with Donald Adamson: Scots in Finland
Donald Adamson hails from Dumfries and won the Autumn Voices flash poetry competition for September 2022. Having worked as an English teacher in France, Finland, Iran, Kuwait, he now works as a lecturer in Finland.