To celebrate the centenary of its publication, Throbbing Thistle present a musical version of Hugh MacDiarmid’s epic poem ‘A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle.’ Read by the man himself. This page will be updated weekly as the project progresses.

Part 1- Sic Transit Gloria Scotiae(I)
Part 2- Sic Transit Gloria Scotiae(II)
Part 3- Sic Transit Gloria Scotiae(III)/A Vision Of Myself(I)
Part 4- A Vision Of Myself (II)/Poets Pub(I)
Part 5- Poets Pub(II)/The Looking Glass/The Unknown Goddess
Part 6- My Nation’s Soul(I)
Part 7- My Nation’s Soul(II)
Part 8- The Gothic Thistle
Part 9- The Octopus
Part 10- Ebb And Flow
Part 11- All The Ins And Outs
Part 12- To The Music Of The Pipes
Part 13- Our Educational System
Part 14- The Crying Of The Fair
Part 15- Man And The Infinite
Part 16- Man’s Cruel Plight
Part 17- The Challenge Of The Arts
Part 18- Outward Bound
Part 19- The Ineducable
Part 20- The Psycho-Somatic Quandary
Part 21- Love/In The Last Analysis