“A Detail of Birds after The Journey of the Magi” by Benozzo Gozzoli
Soiling the doilies
Any discussion of social class in England will come down to the question of cutlery…
“A Detail of Birds” is from David Kinloch’s latest collection, “Greengown”, published by Carcanet. Brought up in Glasgow, he is the author of six poetry collections, including “In Search of Dustie-Fute” (2017), shortlisted for the Saltire Prize. A former teacher of undergraduate French, David Kinloch is now Emeritus Professor of Poetry and Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde. In 2022 he received a Cholmondeley Award
