Nature's Colours

Added on 13 June 2011

Nature's Colours Mandy has a big story in the latest (June 2011) issue of The Knitter magazine. It is about women who dye wool, either using natural materials or taking their inspiration for colours from the natural world. It is based on interviews with Helen Lockhart, whose Ripplescrafts yarns are ...

New poems

Added on 03 June 2011

Little magazines like Mandy's poetry A clutch of new poems have been accepted for publication in various magazines. 'Brisbane Billy' was in the March 2011 issue of Prole. 'Delighted' and 'Once our tongues' are in Obsessed with Pipework in summer 2011. 'Assynt in Snow' is coming out in the summer 201...

A-B-Tree

Added on 30 May 2011

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Energy features

Added on 08 April 2011

Get ready for green ferries Mandy has two articles in the new issue of Am Bratach, the news magazine for the north west Highlands, and both are about green energy. One is an update on the latest developments to tap marine energy in the Pentland Firth, between northern Scotland and Orkney. Both tidal...

David and Goliath story published

Added on 30 March 2011

Article in The Ecologist One of Mandy's special interests is the paper industry, particularly efforts to encourage it to be more sustainable. She has just had an investigative article published in The Ecologist, telling the story of a small group of Italian eco-warriors in a legal dispute with a big...

Tribute to Liz Lochhead

Added on 24 March 2011

Tribute to the new Scottish Makar Poetry Scotland commissioned Mandy to write a poem to welcome and honour Liz Lochhead, the new Makar, Scotland's national poet. It is published, along with one in Scots by Bill Herbert, in the most recent issue - Spring 2011 - out now. It's called 'The Makar's Bucke...