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Episode 297: Happy 100th Birthday, Muriel Spark! With Rob A Mackenzie and Louise Peterkin

Scottish Poetry Library Podcast by Scottish Poetry Library

Dec 11, 202034:13Arts

Muriel Spark’s 100th birthday was celebrated in 2018 in several ways honouring her status as arguably the greatest Scottish novelist of the twentieth century. One of the more imaginative ways came late in the year with t...

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