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Acclaimed Scottish poet hailed as 'finest of his generation' dies aged 83

ACCLAIMED Scottish poet Douglas Dunn, whose work explored class, poverty and grief, has died aged 83.

The National (Scotland) · 4h ago

Five of the best books about fatherhood

The author of Going Home, an acclaimed novel about the effects of unexpected fatherhood on a thirtysomething man, shares his favourites

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

In brief: Kubrick: An Odyssey; The Book of Days; Toy Fights – review

A biography of the storied director brings revelations, Francesca Kay’s witty fourth novel recalls Iris Murdoch, and Don Paterson’s Dundee memoir is a gripping ride

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2024

Don Paterson: ‘Poetry often involves obsessive personalities’

The award-winning poet on his painful and funny new memoir about growing up in Dundee, how he’s a ‘vile separatist’ and why music is his first love

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2023

The Arctic by Don Paterson review – poetry from the last-chance saloon

Paterson tackles everything from nuclear apocalypse to the male appendage in this confident, blackly humorous collection

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2022