MacDiarmid's Brownsbank
About Landmarks: Hugh MacDiarmid's Brownsbank
'Landmarks: Hugh MacDiarmid's Brownsbank' brings together portraits by Sandy Moffat, landscapes by Ruth Nicol and poems by Alan Riach. Hosted by the University of Glasgow with Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum and MacDiarmid's Brownsbank, the show takes us through the poet's life but centres on his years with his wife Valda at their home near Biggar in Lanarkshire, 1951-78. The artists are in discussion about their work and MacDiarmid's significance, his encounters, friendships and flytings with some of his contemporaries (including Dmitri Shostakovich, Ronald Stevenson and Hamish Henderson), his domestic and countryside environment and the companionship, support, fierce dedication and love of his wife Valda.