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Columnist for The Times & The Sunday Times. Substack Newsletter: alexmassie.substack.com Co-host of the Ponsonby & Massie podcast: @ponsonbymassie
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Allan Massie, 1938-2026

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Politics, culture, and history from Scotland, the UK and beyond · Over 11,000 subscribers By subscribing, I agree to Substack's Terms of Use, and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy.
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Allan Massie, 1938-2026

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Father died this afternoon. Outside, my sister’s Dandie Dinmont terrier was barking in the garden as he quietly slipped away. It was a good and gentle end to a good and gentle life, the sort of death many of many of us might wish for ourselves: at peace, in bed, surrounded by all his children. These past few days have been a kind of liminal space during which time has slowed almost to a standstill.
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Bearding the Kangaroo in his den

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Warning: This post is about cricket. I know many readers are supremely uninterested in Australia vs England. If this is you, then a political post will be with you on Saturday. On the other hand, at least some of you are keener than mustard when it comes to The Ashes.
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