Hugh McDiarmid
I was photographing some sculpture in Edinburgh today. This business area has a landscaped walkway with busts of around 12 Scottish writers and poets.
This one is of Hugh MacDiarmid (1892 - 1978) who worked as a journalist in Scotland and Wales. One of his most famous poems was "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle" an expression of his critical nationalism and fervent internationalism. He was a member of the Cummunist Party and a founding member of the National Party of Scotland. He was expelled from, and later rejoined, both!
This one particularly caught my eye as I did for a short time know his late son, who was also a journalist.
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