May we see an end to the Scottish cringe in 2026 - 'Slapstick is Scotland's Shakespeare'. No it is not. Shakespeare is, has been since before Jonson walked north to gab with Drummond. The Guarrdian descrinbed the Alexander text as a 'monumemt in our national culture'
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Jonson's welcome in Edinburgh from 'Ben Jonson's Walk to Scotland', edited by Loxley, Groundwater and Sanders.

Dec 27, 2025 · 2:43 PM UTC

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Many thanks Susan never seen that afore
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It's a great book. I got it during lockdown and found it very uplifting somehow.
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