Scotland through the eyes of a 18th century travel writer
Thomas Pennant’s travel books, describing his tours of Scotland in 1769 and 1772, and of Wales between 1778 and 1785, were essential guide-books…
Source: heraldscotland.com
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Tobermory Book Festival to make return exploring history of Scottish Highlands and Islands
TOBERMORY Book Festival will return this autumn with a three-day programme packed with writers exploring the history, flavour and future of…
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University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Critical Studies - Scholarships and Prizes
The McCash Poetry Prize James McCash, the founder of the McCash Poetry Prize competition, was a graduate of the University of Glasgow. A trained engineer, in the 1970s he won a Glasgow Herald poetry competition which had as its theme the Walter Scott quotation, ‘This is my own, my native land!’ The competition was not specifically for poetry in Scots, but his winning entry used a modern interpretation of classical sixteenth-century Scots to admirable effect. Subsequently Mr McCash gave a g...
Source: gla.ac.uk