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SACRED SPACE BY THE

SHORE STILL HOLDS

A PLACE IN MY HEART

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.

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REAL-LIFE CRUSOE’S

DESERT ISLAND OBJECTS

GO ON DISPLAY

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.

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MUCH-LOVED ARTIST’S

LIGHT TOUCH BRINGS

A GLIMMER OF HOPE

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.

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MILES THAT LEAD TO

KINCARDINE ... FIFE TO

GLASGOW AND BEYOND

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.

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LOWRY’S OLD STREET

SEEN IN NEW LIGHT

IN ONLINE EXHIBITION

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.

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SOUL STAR REFLECTS

ON AN ANYTHING

BUT AVERAGE CAREER

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.

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THOMAS CARLYLE AND

THE STRANGE WORLD

OF LOCKDOWN

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.

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THE HISTORIC TIES

THAT BIND SPORTING

BROTHERS IN ARMS

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.

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SERVANTS’ DIET WOULD

MAKE DR JOHNSON

EAT HIS WORDS

10 April 2021

Records kept at Leslie House in Fife

reveal 18th century domestic staff dining

daily on white fish and red meat.

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