David Wheatley
@nemoloris.bsky.social
Cairngorm-regarder. Bairn-herder.
A fascinating project would be to assemble a full set of these.
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A fascinating project would be to assemble a full set of these.
A poem from Jack Mapanje’s Of Chameleons and Gods.
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A poem from Jack Mapanje’s Of Chameleons and Gods.
Sad to learn of the death of Buster the cat, who lived at Huntly Castle. Perhaps its first regular inhabitant since the last Marquis of Huntly to do so?
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Sad to learn of the death of Buster the cat, who lived at Huntly Castle. Perhaps its first regular inhabitant since the last Marquis of Huntly to do so?
And I thought American papers were famous for fact-checking! Robert Pinsky in the New York Times.
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
And I thought American papers were famous for fact-checking! Robert Pinsky in the New York Times.
Having a personal library like this was also a help.
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Having a personal library like this was also a help.
A copy of Eumenides belonging to Alexander Charles Quentin Hamilton Irvine, then a student in Winchester College.
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A copy of Eumenides belonging to Alexander Charles Quentin Hamilton Irvine, then a student in Winchester College.
Aberdeen from above.
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Aberdeen from above.
An unusual fact about Planxty is that Andy Irvine (second left) appeared in 1957 as a child actor in Magpies, an ITV adaptation of Henry James's short story 'The Pupil'.
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
An unusual fact about Planxty is that Andy Irvine (second left) appeared in 1957 as a child actor in Magpies, an ITV adaptation of Henry James's short story 'The Pupil'.
In Rosmuc once, Patrick Pearse asked if people had heard of the early 19th century poet Colm de Bhailís. Colm the poet! he lives next door, came the answer (as Gaeilge). Colm de Bhailís (1796-1906), Ireland’s only supercentenarian poet (?).
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
In Rosmuc once, Patrick Pearse asked if people had heard of the early 19th century poet Colm de Bhailís. Colm the poet! he lives next door, came the answer (as Gaeilge). Colm de Bhailís (1796-1906), Ireland’s only supercentenarian poet (?).
Are we to infer from this poem that Tom Paulin has belatedly made his peace with Philip Larkin?
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Are we to infer from this poem that Tom Paulin has belatedly made his peace with Philip Larkin?
There is a poem in the new Tom Paulin book about a Cézanne portrait of someone called Alexandre Paulin. I wonder which painting he means? The best I can do is The Card Players, whose models were apparently called Le père Alexandre and Paulin Paulet.
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There is a poem in the new Tom Paulin book about a Cézanne portrait of someone called Alexandre Paulin. I wonder which painting he means? The best I can do is The Card Players, whose models were apparently called Le père Alexandre and Paulin Paulet.
My word St Christopher, what a large tooth you have.
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My word St Christopher, what a large tooth you have.
An apparition of St Martin to the anthroposophists of Deeside prior to a lantern walk in his honour.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
An apparition of St Martin to the anthroposophists of Deeside prior to a lantern walk in his honour.
George Moore thought this 'the most perfect prose narrative in English letters.'
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
George Moore thought this 'the most perfect prose narrative in English letters.'
Delighted to read in a description of the 'Rhynie chert', a famous Devonian archaeological sample from upper Donside, that it contains 'the oldest known sex-organs in world history'.
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Delighted to read in a description of the 'Rhynie chert', a famous Devonian archaeological sample from upper Donside, that it contains 'the oldest known sex-organs in world history'.
Corse Castle and environs, near Tarland.
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Corse Castle and environs, near Tarland.
Psychopharmacology and Sexual
Disorders by David Wheatley. Signed copies available on request.
Disorders by David Wheatley. Signed copies available on request.
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Psychopharmacology and Sexual
Disorders by David Wheatley. Signed copies available on request.
Disorders by David Wheatley. Signed copies available on request.
I see the world is full of one-star reviews of Charlotte Brontë's Shirley. Canonical authors' most-maligned books (Shirley, Barnaby Rudge, Romola, St Ronan's Well, The Virginians...): would make a promising subject for an essay collection.
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I see the world is full of one-star reviews of Charlotte Brontë's Shirley. Canonical authors' most-maligned books (Shirley, Barnaby Rudge, Romola, St Ronan's Well, The Virginians...): would make a promising subject for an essay collection.
More facial profiling in Charlotte Brontë, as an Irish curate in Shirley wears the appearance not just of a Native American but a Native American who owns a slave plantation, of all things.
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
More facial profiling in Charlotte Brontë, as an Irish curate in Shirley wears the appearance not just of a Native American but a Native American who owns a slave plantation, of all things.
A mouse young Morven made for a friend whose birthday it was yesterday. Like the ancient Gauls gathering to attack Caesar, it occurred to me, the partygoers descended on the festivities ex tribus partibus.
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A mouse young Morven made for a friend whose birthday it was yesterday. Like the ancient Gauls gathering to attack Caesar, it occurred to me, the partygoers descended on the festivities ex tribus partibus.
Withdrawn books, an occasional series.
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Withdrawn books, an occasional series.
Very sorry to hear Hull poet Maurice Rutherford (b. 1922) has died at a great age.
November 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Very sorry to hear Hull poet Maurice Rutherford (b. 1922) has died at a great age.
Newnham are under the impression that ‘alumnae’ is singular.
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Newnham are under the impression that ‘alumnae’ is singular.
What is Webern’s Symphony at Aberdeen music hall if not my last night of the proms. Hoping therefore to sing along tunelessly to its reversible tone-row.
November 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
What is Webern’s Symphony at Aberdeen music hall if not my last night of the proms. Hoping therefore to sing along tunelessly to its reversible tone-row.