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Tom Weir | Life in the Wilderness
Author and naturalist Mike Tomkies took our Tom eyrie-checking and to experience the life in the wilds… Just now and then you read a book by an adventurous man which […]
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Jo Caulfield’s Starter For Ten
Look out for our big interview with comedian, Jo Caulfield, in our January issue, but in the meantime, here’s a quick-fire starter for ten with her to whet the […]
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Who Are Your Outstanding Women of Scotland?
Nominations have officially opened for the Saltire Society’s Outstanding Women of Scotland 2016. Launched last year, the campaign, in partnership with Glasgow Women’s Library, celebrates prominent women from all walks […]
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Tom Weir | In Border Country
In this column Tom discovers the wealth of history and remarkable landscape to stravaig in the Scottish Borders As the roads get faster, that gentle country of the Borders seems […]
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Tom Weir | Sailing with the Wind
Perched in the bow in oilskins, woollen gloves on against the cold rain and wind, I wondered if I would survive to Tobermory in the yacht Corryvreckan We had sailed […]
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Perth’s Rory Skinner Wins Backing For Moto3 Campaign
Thanks to continued backing from the Racing Steps Foundation, rising Scottish motorcycle racing star Rory Skinner will return to the FIM (International Motorcycling Federation) Moto3 Junior World Championship in 2016. […]
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Tom Weir | Source of the Clyde
Tom Weir travels the River Clyde, from “God’s Treasurehouse” to Glasgow, and considers the different lives played out on its banks through the ages… Crawford derives its name from […]
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Tom Weir | A Welcome To The Hills
In the highest village in Scotland Tom Weir explores its mining culture and remarkable engineering sons In the warm light of the mid-morning sun the Nith Valley was looking better than I […]
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Tom Weir | Scotland In Miniature
Returning to the isle he worked the harvest fields on before the war, Tom Weir delighted in the fascinating history – and future – of Arran in 1978 “A fine day […]
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Who Do You Think Deserves A Commemorative Plaque?
Historic Environment Scotland are asking the Scottish public which figures from history they would like to see celebrated with a Commemorative Plaque. Nominations are now open for the national Commemorative […]
