Tinkers’ Heart
Rab Scott, my grandfather, was a fruit farmer and kept several orchards in Stirlingshire. He used to reminisce about the travelling folk – “tinkers” – who camped on Sheriffmuir and … Continue reading Tinkers’ Heart
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Graffiti
This is an account of the grafitti of John Gordon, the last of the ‘Third Family’ of Cluny and the “richest commoner in Scotland”. Through John Gordon’s graffiti it is … Continue reading Graffiti
‘the first of a long series of wandering Hellenists’
I have been reading about the ‘Greek Revival’ and have found myself fascinated by this Antiquary: