The resurrection of the robin
May 27, 2020
2 minutes
Illustration by Amy Jeffs
THE girl, Teneu, kindles a fire on one of the Firth of Forth’s northern beaches, pangs of labour wracking her body. She had been cast adrift in a coracle from the Isle of May in punishment for pregnancy out of wedlock, the result of rape by a rejected suitor. Now, having landed
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