2026-01-15 16:01 UTC
“You don’t look like a newspaperman. You have fighter pilot eyes.”
—Alastair McKay takes “a hirple through the poetic humour of Mr Ivor Cutler, humorist, teacher, cloud-fancier, opsimath”
6/7
https://alastairmckay.substack.com/p/poetry-full-stop
#Scottish #literature #poetry #music #humour #surrealism #absurdist #IvorCutler
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot 2026-01-15 16:02
“When strangers call me Ivor it’s like getting a French kiss from a public relations consultant” Ivor should get the last word: in this TV special from 1998, directed by Ewan Morrison for STV’s weekly arts programme Don’t Look Down, Ivor Cutler interviews himself… 7/7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z6gzzoiQbE #Scottish #literature #poetry #music #humour #surrealism #absurdist #IvorCutler