Barbara Millar

Barbara Millar is a trustee of the Institute of Contemporary Scotland

75 articles

Articles by Barbara Millar

Culture

Friday 9 November

Friday 9 November My connection to the Great War is tenuous – a great uncle I never met fought somewhere in France and survived. He lost an arm in the…

19 Feb 2026
Culture

I Have a Brain Tumour

I have a brain tumour. I haven’t thought about it in years, but recent press headlines surrounding the untimely death of socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson made me remember that it’s probably…

19 Feb 2026
Culture

When I Married in 1977

When I married in 1977, we didn’t have a wedding gift list. Starting married life in a rented flat, we were grateful for everything we got – and the usual…

19 Feb 2026
Culture

Just Before Christmas

Just before Christmas, as San Sebastian prepared to relinquish its year as one of the two European Capitals of Culture (shared with Wroclaw in Poland), there was a silent demonstration…

19 Feb 2026
Culture

Just Before Christmas

Just before Christmas, as San Sebastian prepared to relinquish its year as one of the two European Capitals of Culture (shared with Wroclaw in Poland), there was a silent demonstration…

19 Feb 2026
Just Before Christmas - Scottish Review article by Scottish Review
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Just Before Christmas

Just before Christmas, as San Sebastian prepared to relinquish its year as one of the two European Capitals of Culture (shared with Wroclaw in Poland), there was a silent demonstration…

13 Jun 2023
Notebook: Barbara Millarannals - Scottish Review article by Scottish Review
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Notebook: Barbara Millarannals

I was at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for a morning recently and I heard just one case. This wasn’t because of any legal complexities, requiring hours of heated debate, stretching beyond…

11 Jan 2021
Life: Barbara Millar September - Scottish Review article by Scottish Review
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Life: Barbara Millar September

Inveramsay was Kenneth Roy’s inspiration for founding the Young Scotland Programme – a forum for debate and dialogue – in 2002. But he never dreamt that he would find out…

6 Jan 2021