Displaced Drifting through a little hall of renaissance pieces, the frames of gold, green and grey only hold me briefly. There, on the left-hand side of the gallery from the entrance. Untitled, 1975. Four or five brush strokes create a curtain-thick concrete wall of translucent paint. Over it, a spill. Deeper black, latching on with Read More
Archeology or Archaeology /ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒi/ noun. the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites, and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains. . . . The wind blows and whittles away at the earth. Invisible tendrils leave behind dust to settle and coat the forgotten layer upon layer in powdery particles. Read More
I Here is Shepstone Road, and here is the vinegar that runs from your mouth. Here is your black family car and your father idling in the front seat. Here is his broken elbow from his recent fall, the gravel still under his skin. Here again is the apple you ate this morning when you Read More
Words today swerve like sweet lace, pivot like fine dandelions, as though life were an obelisk turning blue in winter dark, as though gerunds could sleigh with pretty participles as though adjectives would smoke in a dark, unknown as though language were just transparent. A see-through Norwegian melody, Mina Loy and H.D. naming Read More
Loretta Mulholland was born in Glasgow and studied for an MA (Hons) in Modern History and Economic History at Glasgow University. She worked as an Industrial Archaeologist and Research Assistant to Professor John Hume at Strathclyde University and co-wrote an academic publication on the history of the Scottish Brick and Tile Industry, entitled, Scottish Brickmarks. She Read More
Christine B. Hodghton was born in Cardiff on St David’s Day; she just wishes her Welsh was as good as her French! She is an avid traveller and enjoys researching places and events. As a child she lived in Bahrain, Hong Kong, Japan and Canada. She has lived in Dunfermline for nineteen years, and often Read More
H.M. Hussain is a short story and essay writer who endeavors to cover a variety of themes both universal and those specific to him and his identity. His work has appeared in a range of print and online publications. These include ‘Cruise’ in Prole magazine, ‘The Last Time We Drew Flowers’ for the Vaulted Marvel Read More
Nicole has spent the last five years studying at Dundee University, gaining her undergraduate degree in English Literature before completing the Writing Practice and Study MLitt. Nicole is a keen reviewer of the arts and several of her reviews are published here on DURA. She has also been actively involved in the organising of literary Read More
Geraldine Gould was born in Glasgow and studied Italian at the University of Edinburgh. She recently completed an MLitt in Creative Writing at the University of Dundee. Her previous published work is poetry but more recently she has enjoyed exploring the craft of short story writing and other prose forms. Much of her work reflects the lives Read More
Brenda McHale loves to play with words, either as a writer or as a copy editor and proofreader. Her working life has spanned over 30 jobs from making chip pan baskets to childhood practitioner, so it’s perhaps not surprising that her writing is also eclectic. She has featured in The People’s Friend, Northwards Now, Reader’s Read More