Studies of literature (creative writing) at the University of Glasgow. First published poems in New Writing Scotland, West Coast Magazine şi Lines Review. Published books: The Stone Sleeping-Bag (debut, 1993, Fairy Tales (1997), The Aquarium (2009) etc. He is a teacher in a special school. Teaching in Lockerbie at the time of the 1988 tragic incident. The poet collaborated with artist Keith McIntyre and composer Karen Wimhurst to produce Songs for the Falling Angel – a requiem for Lockerbie, which was performed at the Edinburgh International Festival. Recommended by Scottish poet Neil Leadbeater, Douglas Lipton became a CLH contributor since 2011. Critical references on his poetry at Daniel Dragomirescu, Orizonturi interculturale / Cross-Cultural Horizons (second edition 2014), in the essay “Lingua Franca and Scottish Poetry”, pp. 242 – 247. PROFIL CULTURAL