Interviews
Gavin Hastings | Home-Loving Boy
His rugby career reads like a schoolboy’s dream; captain of Scotland and the British Lions with victories recorded across the globe. But despite his worldwide fame, Scotland – and particularly […]
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Tom Weir | Man With A Fiery Cross
In May 1975, Tom Weir’s monthly column for The Scots Magazine described his interview with the great world ecologist, Sir F. Fraser Darling . . . I knew before […]
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The Ubiquitous Alexander McCall Smith
For a man who has sold tens of millions of books and had them translated into 46 languages, Alexander McCall Smith has a lot of critics. But those making suggestions […]
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Tom Weir | Chair-lift To Sunshine, Traversing Morven, and A Way With Animals
In April, 1975, Tom Weir skied at Glen Shee, climbed Morven with a friend, visited the new Palacerigg Country Park in Cumbernauld, and still had time to write his monthly […]
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Tom Weir | The Sage of Glen Coe
In March, 1975, Tom Weir met with a kindred spirit, Hamish Maclnnes, the Sage of Glen Coe . . . I AM not a pessimist, but I couldn’t help wondering […]
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Mystery Writer Found!
The riddle of the wartime letter found at Blair Castle has been solved – thanks to a public appeal to identity the writer . . . During the winter conservations […]
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Search For Long-lost Penpals
A 70-year-old mystery letter, believed to be the correspondence between two wartime evacuees, has been found in Blair Castle. During their winter conservation works the Blair Castle team discovered a […]
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First Minister Hailed “Outstanding Woman Of Scotland”
Ten Outstanding Women of Scotland 2015 were announced by The Saltire Society yesterday, with Nicola Sturgeon topping the list. The ten women were selected from public nominations, with the key […]
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Val McDermid | Twin Muses
She’s one of the UK’s leading crime writers, and murder mysteries are her speciality – yet she has an unexpected confession to make… “I’m quite squeamish,” says Val, the woman […]
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Photographers of Tomorrow
The winners of the ninth annual Scottish Seabird Centre Nature Photography Awards have been announced, and it was the youngest entrants that wowed voters. Amateur photographers from all around the […]
