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Top Stories published by Between Mountain and Sea: New Writing from Today’s Scotland in 2024

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Beth Riungu in Between Mountain and Sea: New Writing from Today’s Scotland

A wet, dead cormorant lies on a cream-ochre sand beach next to a small pile of mustard-green wrack seaweed, its webbed feet stick up from black tail feathers and grey-brown breast, the head and neck are at right angle to the bird

Touring Scotland’s Loneliest Coast

Revisiting the restless beauty of the northwest corner, the…

Jennifer Brown in Between Mountain and Sea: New Writing from Today’s Scotland

A wall mural depicting a young woman blowing a dandelion “clock”, but with tiny wind turbines in place of dandelion seeds.

Glasgow Mural Trail

Selected Highlights from My Wanders

Fiona McDerment in Between Mountain and Sea: New Writing from Today’s Scotland

An old sandstone building which is abandoned. The windows are dirty and the blinds are tatty.

It’s a Bad Time To Be a Derelict Building In Glasgow

Prime waterfront location, coming soon

D A Ruddle in Between Mountain and Sea: New Writing from Today’s Scotland

A green lawnmower is sitting idle on wild grassland. There is a stretch of blue open water in the distance, and hills behind

Angst

No 1 son’s pearl of wisdom: “Just look on the positive side Dad, if you didn’t have bad luck you’d have no luck at all.”

Jennifer Brown in Between Mountain and Sea: New Writing from Today’s Scotland

Large flames burning from the Clavie, and half barrel filled with wood staves

Burning of the Clavie

How a Scottish Town Celebrates New Year on the 11th of January

Fiona McDerment in Between Mountain and Sea: New Writing from Today’s Scotland

View across the south of Glasgow, seen beyond many grave markers. The sky is blue and there are white clouds streaked across the sky.

Hilltops and Headstones

Glasgow Necropolis: not just a Taggart location

Jennifer Brown in Between Mountain and Sea: New Writing from Today’s Scotland

A crossword using the Scottish words scunner, puggle and glaiket

An Anthology of Words I Use Which May Not Be English

Scots, Glaswegian, Doric – Who Knows?

ian mcneish in Between Mountain and Sea: New Writing from Today’s Scotland

Several equipped climbers beside a body of water at the foot of snow-covered hills

Winter Climbing Skill Training

It is preferable to ‘fail’ during supervised, controlled training in a…

ian mcneish in Between Mountain and Sea: New Writing from Today’s Scotland

A climber is ascending a steep incline. It is snowing and there are drifts all over the rocks.

Tumbling Drifting Snow Crystals.

Tales of Tumbling, Falling Objects That Did Not Fall From the Money…

Jennifer Brown in Between Mountain and Sea: New Writing from Today’s Scotland

Colourful postcards on revolving stands, such as a monkey on holiday might browse

Postcards from Kingussie Kong

A Highly Fictional Account of Honshu, the Japanese Macaque’s Time On The…

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