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Tom Weir | Blackcock Ritual, A Shepherd’s Life and Cat’s Company
In July, 1975, Tom camped out in Glen Lyon, learned that sheep are not quite as stupid as he thought, accompanied a cat down the Loch Insh road, and heard […]
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London Celebrates Charles Rennie Mackintosh
The Royal Institute of British Architects is hosting an exhibition of Mackintosh’s work from the early 1900s, proving the continued influence of the Glasgow-born designer one hundred years later. The […]
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Tom Weir | Wilderness At Risk
In June, 1975, Tom was concerned about developments for a train line and marching pylon route in South West Ross . . . In the village of Kishorn, against the […]
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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 […]
