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By Alan Riach Professor of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University Classical Gains: How world languages enriched the Scottish cultural landscape THE languages of Scottish Literature are normally understood to be Gaelic, Scots and English. But there’s a lot more to it than that, as Alan Riach and Alexander Broadie look beyond the immediate horizon to Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Muslim traditions … Alan Riach: Alex...

By Alan Riach Professor of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University Essay King James VI of Scotland, before he became James I of the abruptly United Kingdom in 1603 A new anthology of Scottish Latin poems centred on the reign of King James VI of Scotland, before he became James I of the abruptly United Kingdom in 1603, raises deep questions about that union, the centrality of the monarch and what “royalty” mean...