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Tom Weir | Countrywide (III)
From Peterhead to Kintyre, Tom was always keen to protect the wild Scottish landscape from man’s exploitation Farther east across the country comes a different kind of threat, this time to […]
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Tom Weir | In All Kinds Of Weather
The spring of 1976 wasn’t the best for weather, but from Braemar to Banchory, and from Bearsden to Bridge of Cally, there was no snow, ice or rain that could […]
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Outlander Inspiration at Scot Lit Fest
Diana Gabaldon, author of the hit Outlander series, will join renowned authors Val McDermid, Michael Faber, A. L. Kennedy, Vic Galloway, Juno Dawson and Kirsty Logan for the Saltire Society’s first […]
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Tom Weir | Countrywide (I)
Two worlds. The long: peninsula of Kintyre with its dairy cattle and sheep on the headlands above the sea, was green and springlike, while the Arran hills were Alpine […]
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Magnificent St Magnus Festival
1977 was the year of the Queen’s Jubilee and the birth of Apple computers. Musically, punk rock was slowly emerging, Elvis Presley breathed his last and Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody was […]
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Tom Weir | Dear Tom…
ONE of the most pleasant things about travelling around Scotland as much as I do, is the number of Scots Magazine readers I meet. This has given me a chance […]
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Tom Weir | Pine Martens
Part 2 of Tom’s column from February 1980 on the surprising boldness of pine martens Animal behaviour is a very strange thing, as Scots Magazine readers Mr and Mrs James […]
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Tom Weir’s 1979 Archives
Our collection of “My Month” articles published in The Scots Magazine in 1979 Ailnack Gorges And Beyond… A hike in the gorges, Lochnagar corrie controversy, and a very unusual cairn In Winter […]
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Tom Weir’s 1978 Archives
Our collection of “My Month” articles published in The Scots Magazine in 1978 Sport For Spartans On the rise of Scottish skiing Scotland In Miniature The fascinating history and future of […]
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Fashioning a Reign – 90 Years of Style from The Queen’s Wardrobe
To celebrate The Queen’s birthday, the largest exhibition of Her Majesty The Queen’s wardrobe ever shown in Scotland is now on display at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh – […]
