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This week's Legend

Kenneth MacLeay, portrait painter

by Jackie Anderson
BORN in Oban in 1822 Kenneth MacLeay became an accomplished artist and was a founder member of the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.
He started painting for the Royal family in 1863 and became Queen Victoria's favourite painter, ...

Article from Monday 5, March, 2012
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The Oscar goes to... Fife !

by Jackie Anderson
FORGET THE OSCARS. Granny Mac's Meringues, a film made by sixty-six schoolchildren from Burntisland Primary School has been short-listed for the best film by under 12's at the prestigious First Light Awards. Judges include Oscar winning directors Danny Boyle ...

Article from Thursday 16, February, 2012
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Karen Graham

by Jackie Anderson
KAREN GRAHAM is the winner of this year’s Burns Award in recognition of her selfless and courageous nursing during the civil war in Libya. This Scottish nurse from Clydebank risked her life continuously, treating patients from both sides of ...

Article from Wednesday 1, February, 2012
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John Hope and his Botanic Cottage

by Jackie Anderson
A SMALL cottage in Haddington Place, Edinburgh, lay derelict for years and only when a survey was done pre-demolition to make way for a hotel in 2007 was the importance of the small house realised. The 18th century home ...

Article from Friday 20, January, 2012
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The Good Samaritans

by Jackie Anderson
ON THE 20th of August 2009 Jerome Starkey, a journalist for The Scotsman newspaper, was at a polling station in Helmand province Afghanistan, covering that landmark moment on the path to self-government and democracy. He noticed two small boys pedalling ...

Article from Tuesday 13, December, 2011
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Spirit of Scotland

by Jackie Anderson
THE spirit of Scotland awards were set up thirteen years ago to recognise the pioneering spirit of those who have helped Scotland punch above its weight in the world. Sponsored by Glenfiddich and run in partnership with The Scotsman ...

Article from Thursday 1, December, 2011
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The real Great Escape

by Jackie Anderson
THE MOST famous World War II break-out of British prisoners of war, at Stalag Luft III camp in Poland became famous in the blockbuster 1963 Hollywood feature film “The Great Escape” with an all star cast. Two of the ...

Article from Tuesday 22, November, 2011
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Remembrance Sunday

by Jackie Anderson
AS BRITAIN remembered the fallen on Remembrance Sunday it brought back painful memories for Catherine Drummond, the wife of Sergeant John Boyd who lost his life in World War II. Catherine had been stationed in Oban, Argyll, as a ...

Article from Monday 14, November, 2011
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Forgotten Hero: Admiral Cochrane

by Jackie Anderson
BORN IN FIFE, Thomas Cochrane entered the Royal Navy in 1793 as a 17-year-old midshipman and had a meteoric rise to lieutenant and then commander of the small warship HMS Speedy. He gained a fearsome reputation amongst his foes ...

Article from Tuesday 8, November, 2011
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Alexander McDougall

by Jackie Anderson
Born in Islay in 1732 in a butt and ben – a blackhouse - in Portintruin, near Port Ellen, Alexander McDougall rose from very humble beginnings to have an important role in the creation of the United States. Life ...

Article from Monday 31, October, 2011
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