The elderly bard, John Lapraik (1727-1807) of Dalfram, Muirkirk, was married to Margaret, sister of another of Burns's poetic friends, John Rankine (to whom Burns' dedicated a verse epistle). Lapraik ...

After Marc Laidlaw's publication of a 'fanfiction', which revealed a plot summary for Half-Life 2: Episode 3, there has been a resurgence in interest for the Half-Life series. Hoping to harness some ...

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one ...

This is an epistle by Robert Burns. It was written in 1786 and is read here by Gerry Carruthers. 'Epistle to James Smith' was written c.1785 and first appeared in Burns's Kilmarnock edition of Poems, ...

Taking what “Gertrude Fremont” suggested in Marc Laidlaw’s blog post and running with it, Half-Life fans around the world have come together to begin work on various interpretations of the final story ...

With some light editing to change a few key names --"Gertrude Freemont, Ph.D" -- the post lays out a plotline for an Episode Three that never appeared. It's hard to say if it will give gamers any ...

THE ‘Epistle to the Jews’ which appeared in the December Atlantic was doubtless read by Gentiles as well as Jews. It may be this rejoinder will be read by Jews as well as Gentiles. We are grateful to ...

This is an epistle by Robert Burns. It was written in 1786 and is read here by Ralph Riach. The young friend in this poem is Andrew Hunter Aiken (d. 1831), the son of Robert Aiken (to whom The ...

Epistle announces the second edition of the Epistle Writing Prize, following its launch in 2024. The prize is an annual competition dedicated to recognising outstanding writing on design, architecture ...

The Second Epistle follows a reply from Lapraik to Burns' first Epistle to J. Lapraik, An Old Scotch Bard and is mostly autobiographical in content and details the bad luck which has been the writer's ...