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The gravelled voice, the minor chords
1969. A small, draughty farmhouse in the Aberdeenshire hinterland. It’s the Doric that’s spoken hereabouts by the local loons and quines.
Leonard, a remembrance from early Dark Angels
From John: Up early, showering, dressing, packing, then carrying my belongings of the week across the courtyard to my car. At six o'clock in early March it was still dark.
And Who Shall I Say is Calling?
She was a Connemara girl. Red hair. From a bottle, but still. A wonder.
My path to Leonard
By the time I made it to Uni I was already pretty pleased with my taste in music. Dylan, Van, Springsteen.
"Leonard, I will miss you."
You Want it Darker, Leonard Cohen’s last great song, released just weeks ago. His words have inspired and uplifted me for nearly 50 years.
Dark Angels in Conversation Sept. 2016
When Stuart and I first talked about a residential writing course aimed at business writers, we probably had quite limited ambitions.