Quick & Quirky Questions is a regular monthly feature on the Autumn Voices website.
Each month, we’ll ask a member of the Autumn Voices community – and maybe one or two well-known names and faces – some (you guessed it) quick and quirky questions. There will be six regular questions that we’ll ask every person, and depending on what themes we’re championing at Autumn Voices or activities we’re involved in, we might throw in one or two extra. The responses will be published each month along with a little bit about who they are.
To keep track of who our interview subjects are each month, follow us on Facebook or Twitter and look for the hashtag #QQQ
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I was the first person in my very working-class family to obtain a degree. Due to my mother contracting rubella during her pregnancy, I was born with very poor eyesight, but this was not understood until I was seven. I fell over a lot as a child, but … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Abigail Ottley
Donald won our flash competition for September on the subject of Dementia and Memory. He’s also kindly taken the time to answer our infamous Quick & Quirky Questions so you can get to know this awesome Autumn Voice a little better. Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I’m Scottish I have a Scots accent … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Donald Adamson
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I’m a part-time senior employment law advisor and a part-time wellbeing facilitator I’ve been told I have 48 hours in my day (or have a Time Tardis) I’m eternally curious (and oh the rabbit holes I fall into!) I have a strong sense of justice and fairness that … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Caroline Johnstone
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I grew up on the Kings Road in Chelsea in the 1950s and 60s I lived in France for 15 years before returning to Scotland in 2018 I am proud to be a granny and great granny to 14 children I am scared of heights, but I climbed … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Sara Baker
In this edition of our QQQs we are joined by Kay Ritchie who took part in the Living Our Dying competition and her poem was highly commended by the judges. Kay’s life might be that of the steel ball in a pinball machine, sent in different directions with every strike. She grew up in Glasgow and Edinburgh, … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Kay Ritchie
In this edition of our QQQs we have June Webster who took part in the Living Our Dying competition and her poem was highly commended by the judges. Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I lived in Italy for twelve years and loved every minute. I had four amazing children – three girls and … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with June Webster
Mary has just turned 70 and wrote a lovely piece about her play in Edinburgh and we thought we should probe a little bit more and ask her some of our infamous QQQ’s. Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I listen to my insides I am funny I am fiercely protective of my beliefs … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Mary Goggin
Jane Campbell grew up in Zambia and Cape Town and read English at Oxford. She has worked as a Group Analyst, teaching and training and lecturing internationally, for nearly forty years. She lives in Bermuda and Oxford, England. She published her debut short story collection, Cat Brushing, at the age of 80. Tell us 4 … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Jane Campbell
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I’ve been a journalist/writer, yoga teacher, bookseller and publisher. What is your favourite age that you’ve been so far in life, and why? Tough one – I was a teenager at the time of punk and new wave which was amazing but I’m happiest now. Who is your … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Jayne Baldwin
Stewart edited the fantastic Other Worlds: An Anthology of Scottish Island Poems, published recently by Polygon. We’re looking forward to publishing a review of this book later this month, and possibly taking a sneak peak at Stewart’s new pamphlet with Mariscat Press, Underwood. Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I am married to Judy. My being … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Stewart Conn
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself I don’t think there is anything important about me, I’m just the usual mixture of moods and thoughts and desires. I read very quickly; I can cook up a storm in a tin can with whatever’s in the cupboard; I like languages, and have a few words in … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Hilary Hawker
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I was an unmarried mother (as they were then known) in the sixties I grew up in London and still think of myself as a Londoner I am still unmarried but have lived with my partner, the artist Colin Robertson, for thirty-four years I am left-handed What is … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with A C Clark
Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: I don’t have a favourite colour. I love them all. If I was a bird, I’d want to be an albatross. When I was little, I wanted to have a prehensile tail. My favourite author is Charles Dickens and has been since I was a child. What is your favourite age … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Lindsay Oliver
Cameron McNeish is an award-winning writer and television presenter whose fields of interest include mountaineering, hillwalking, backpacking, cycle touring, mountain biking and Scots and Irish traditional music. He is also an avid campervan man! For twenty years Cameron was editor of The Great Outdoors magazine, and he now edits Scottish Walks and Scottish Cycling. He also … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Cameron McNeish
Peter was the winner of our monthly flash prize for his entry on Dance, entitled “Take Your Partners”. Tell us 4 important facts about yourself: My family lived behind my uncle’s butcher shop in the Rhondda Valley in the 1940s when I was 9 years old. An important part of my education. I loved playing … Continue reading Quick & Quirky Questions with Peter Davies
