Philip Hobsbaum 1932-2005

The obituary from today's Herald for poet and academic Philip Hobsbaum.

Anyone who played a part, however small, in nurturing the talents of such outstanding writers as Alasdair Gray, Agnes Owens and Bernard MacLaverty deserves to be suitably acknowledged and remembered.

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There is also an interesting interview with Hobsbaum here that originally appeared in the Summer 2002 issue of the Scottish-American Poetry Magazine, The Dark Horse.