Calgacus 3: Spring 1976

Calgacus #3

by Ray Burnett (Editor), James Hunter (Contributor), Frank Thompson (Contributor)

The Scottish review of politics, current affairs, history and the arts.

Features

The Highland Land War of the 1880s by James Hunter
Land by Frank Thompson
The Unknown Rhymster, an appreciation by A. Aiken
A Look at the Langholm Thistle by Ruth McQuillan
Cymreag - a startling revival, Dafydd Iwan and Arfon Gwylim interviewed by Rob Gibson
Hamish Henderson on The Platitude of Jenny and John
Hamish Henderson and the Scottish Tradition by Jack Mitchell
Breaking the Stone, a short story by John Murray
On the Beach, a short story by Anne Whitaker
Northern Ireland and Europe - relic or portent? by Tom Nairn

Poetry

Two Poems by Bertolt Brecht
The Platitude of Jenny and John by Nicol Cunningham

Reviews

An Evening with the Heritics (Heritage Records), reviewed by Hayden Murphy
John MacDonald, the Singing Molecatcher (Topic 12TS263), reviewed by Andrew Neilson
The Caledonian Companion (Topic 12TS266) & The Music of Scott Skinner (Topic 12TS206), reviewed by Clare Cooney
Lizzie Higgins Up and Awa wi the Laverock (Topic 12TS260), reviewed by Mary Macbeth
Fionn MacColla Bo Fhada Mar So a Tha Mi, reviewed by William Neill
John Hibberd, Kafka in Context, reviewed by John Herdman
John Wilson Foster, Forces and Themes in Ulster Fiction, reviewed by Hayden Murphy
Alexander Scott, Selected Poems, 1943 - 1974, reviewed by Ian Campbell
Pearse Hutchinson , The Frost is All Over & Michael Hartnett, A Farewell to English, reviewed by Hayden Murphy
Lily Feiler, Mayakovsky and his Circle, reviewed by Donald Campbell
William McIlvanney, Docherty, reviewed by Douglas Gifford
Robert M. Utley, Bluecoats and Redskins, reviewed by Alistair Mathers

60 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Ray Burnett has had an active engagement with Irish - Scottish cultural, social and political affairs since the 1960s. He edited Calgacus, the Scottish review of politics, current affairs, history and the arts from early 1975 to Spring 1976. In the 1980s, he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Scottish and international literature, arts and affairs magazine, Cencrastus.