Barbara Millar

Barbara Millar was a regular contributor to the Scottish Review, writing on health, travel, and cultural topics. She also narrated audio features for the magazine, including an abridged reading of Dorothy Wordsworth's tour of Scotland, and read winning entries from the Scottish Review's Young Writer of the Year competition.

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Articles by Barbara Millar

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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…

19 Feb 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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…

19 Feb 2026
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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
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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

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