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
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
After a long apprenticeship in healthcare, with a short detour in education, William Hume (aka Ian) arrived in Dundee with no other expectations than to develop his writing skills. The rigour of workshops, seminars, tutorials, reading, writing and feedback exercises that followed directed his interests into poetry and essay writing, a few samples from his Read More
Jane Swanson has been putting words on paper and creating imaginary worlds since childhood. For many years she worked as an archaeologist, uncovering hidden narratives from deep beneath the ground, and later as a teacher, sharing her love of stories and writing with young children. She writes short stories, creative non-fiction, and reviews of fiction Read More
Kai Durkin has been a university student for the past 5 years, and likes to pretend they didn’t exist before that. They completed their undergrad in English and Creative Writing, and their MLitt in Writing Practice and Study, at the University of Dundee. They enjoy writing in a variety of mediums, but they especially love Read More
I say to my daughters never trust March for its joy comes in a quarter but takes full month’s charge January 13, 1991 The Soviet Union president demands the restoration of the USSR constitution in Lithuania. When the Lithuanian government disagrees, tanks and trucks with armed soldiers fill city streets. The Lithuanian prime minister Read More
Monday 16 April Tonight was the first and last date with Geoff. 43 solid minutes I listened to him droning on at one point. I texted Jules at 7:01 telling her he’d just started talking about mushrooms and at 7:44 he was still going. Who knew there was so much to learn? Apparently, he recently Read More
We left the train station and turned right, towards the river Tilt. Close to the track we found a shop and a public toilet, for one last stop before heading up the valley. Mark bought an apple and a block of chocolate. I found an off-brand sports drink in the fridge and gulped it all. Read More