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Spirit of Roy Barry's Dunfermline is alien to any Super League
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28 December 2020
For many visitors to Portpatrick, including this writer
– married there 21 years ago – this tiny white church is
as hallowed as any ancient abbey or great cathedral.
4 January 2021
In Covid-restricted times, these unassuming objects are
poignant reminders of Scotland’s boundless maritime
heritage, and one man’s extraordinary adventure.
18 January 2021
With their vibrant paintwork and luminous settings,
Samuel Peploe's pictures are the perfect pick-me-up for
the dark days of winter and travel-restricted times.
30 January 2021
The road I know better than any other is the A985,
which follows the Fife coast to Kincardine … 30 years
ago, this familiar route took on a deeper significance.
14 February 2021
It was painted more than 80 years ago and depicts
n industrial Britain that has long since vanished …
yet it has a strangely up-to-the-minute feel.
27 February 2021
It’s easy to forget in an age of downloads,
TV talent shows and YouTubers what a
massive deal it was to sign for Atlantic Records.
13 March 2021
In the summer of 1859, the revered writer, his wife
and their maid - somewhat improbably - formed a
social bubble with my forebears at Humbie Farm.
26 March 2021
It is a story of daring and sacrifice, cherished by a
Wigtownshire family for generations, and now
embraced by rugby followers across two nations.
10 April 2021
Records kept at Leslie House in Fife
reveal 18th century domestic staff dining
daily on white fish and red meat.
