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The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

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Sara Sheridan
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 7
Novelist
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Made
Crystal
Velvet
Crystals
Succession
Diamond
Blackout
Sky
Blackouts
Clear
Sparkling
Black
Diamonds

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I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own.
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Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.
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Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.
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History at its best is a gritty, dirty business.
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Scotland consistently produces world-class writers.
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Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.
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Aunts offer kids an opportunity to try out ideas that don't chime with their parents and they also demonstrate that people can get on, love each other and live together without necessarily being carbon copies.
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Researching books gets you into nothing but trouble.
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