Land of the
forgotten sex
Kenneth Roy
Airbrushed from history, or objects of misogynism on the internet: either way, bright Scotswomen endure a raw deal
Also on this page:
The Midgie
celebrates the great exam success
Fall of the Celtic Tiger
Tom Gallagher
Ireland is waking up to a nightmare and the candour of the country’s agonising is remarkable. Is Scotland capable of such self-examination?
Also on this page:
Alan Fisher
Hope in Niger
Beaten out of
their culture
Alf Young
The generosity of spirit of First Nation Canadians, punished for speaking their language, is deeply moving
Also on this page:
Rear Window
Ian Hamilton QC visits the local shop
The Back Page
Amusements and diversions
This Scotland
‘the people of Saltcoats – a sordid race’
John Galt (1779-1839), ‘The Ayrshire Legatees’
‘Never have I seen desolation less abominable; but desolate it is, Ulva’
George Scott-Moncrieff, ‘The Scottish Islands’ (1952)
‘Inverkip is so rough they put a date stamp on your head when they mug
you so they don’t do you twice in the one day’
Chic Murray (1919-85)
‘I am glad to have seen the Caledonian Canal, but don’t want to see it again’
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), ‘Letters’
‘Dundee, a frowsy fisherwife addicted to gin and infanticide’
Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901-35), ‘Scottish Scene’
‘Wick is the meanest of men’s towns, set on what is surely the baldest of God’s bays’
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), letter
‘If Dingwall was in its ordinary state, it must be an excellent place for sleeping a life away in’
Henry Cockburn (1779-1854), ‘Circuit Journeys’
‘If justice were done to the inhabitants of Inverness, in twenty years’ time there would be no-one left there but the Provost and the hang-man’
John Telford (early 19th century)
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Robert W Ainslie, Glasgow
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ANDREW BOLGER, Edinburgh
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Alan Borthwick, Dunlop
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ALISTAIR R BROWNLIE, OBE, Edinburgh
Margaret Brusasco-Mackenzie, Belgium
Barbara Buda, Kelty
Kate Byrne, Penicuik
Edward Cafolla, Glasgow
Steven Cairney, Glasgow
Professor Douglas Cairns, Edinburgh
Miller Caldwell, Dumfries
Hazel Cameron, North Yorkshire
Alasdair Campbell, Aberdeen
David Campbell, Strachur
Hector Donald Campbell, Auldgirth
Robert Campbell, Edinburgh
Gary Cape, Tullibody
Professor Donald Christie, Glasgow
Gregor Clark, Edinburgh
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Ron Cole, Gairloch
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Carol Craig, Glasgow
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Juliette Daly, Glasgow
Ron Daniel, OBE, Dunfermline
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Marysia Donaldson, France
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NEIL DOUGLAS, Dunkeld
Professor Robin Downie, Glasgow
Jane Drummond, Glasgow
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Cecile Dunne, Bridge of Earn
Nathalie Dupin, Edinburgh
David Eastwood, Aberdeen
Foster Evans, Renfrew
Eric Falconer, Galashiels
DAVID FARRER, Edinburgh
Gail Ferguson, Uphall
HUGH AND JANICE FERGUSSON, Strathblane
Niall D C Finlayson, Edinburgh
Thomas A Fitzpatrick, Glasgow
Archie Fleming, Glasgow
Martin Forrest, Glasgow
Alison Fraser, Kirkwall
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Jock Gallagher, Worcestershire
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Rose Galt, Cumbernauld
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Patrick Gilbride, Glasgow
Donald Gillies, Glasgow
Graeme Glover, Edinburgh
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Veronica Gordon Smith, Edinburgh
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Peter Graham, Edinburgh
John Green, Glasgow
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Mike Hally, Kinross
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David Hannay, Belgium
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Peter Hounam, Grandtully
Cathy Howieson, Edinburgh
Robert Huggan, France
John A E Hughes, Edinburgh
Gordon Hunt, East Kilbride
Alan Hutton, Glasgow
Jim Innes, Blairgowrie
Norman Irons, Edinburgh
Marilyn Irwin, Edinburgh
Professor John Izod, Stirling
Andrea Jack, Cardross
David Jackson, Renfrew
BILL JAMIESON, Lochearnhead
John, Blairgowrie
Ronald Johnstone, Thurso
Anne Keenan, Lochailort
Helen Kelbie, Aberdeen
Jackie Kemp, Edinburgh
Mary Kemp Clarke, Edinburgh
Ewan Kennedy, Kilmelford
R D Kernohan, OBE, Edinburgh
Ann Kettle, St Andrews
Patsy Knight, Windsor
Rev David Lacy, Kilmarnock
Cllr Alan Lafferty, Giffnock
Gordon Lawrie, Kirkintilloch
Dr Murray Leith, Glasgow
Gavin Lessells, France
Alf Lindboe, Norway
ALISON LINDSAY, Dollar
George Livingstone, Hamilton
MARY LOCKHART, Kinross
Richard Love, Edinburgh
Moyra Lumsden, Edinburgh
Tom Lynch, London
Nick Lyth, Edinburgh
Harry McAlister, US
PETER MacAULAY, Fortrose
Keith McCarter, Galashiels
Derrick McClure, MBE, Aberdeen
DR JUDITH McCLURE, CBE, Edinburgh
Dorothy Macdonald, Oban
Fiona MacDonald, Prestwick
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JOHN McDONALD, Harrow on the Hill
FR MICHAEL J MacDONALD, South Uist
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Alan McFarlane, Edinburgh
JIM AND NOREEN McFARLANE, Glasgow
Gordon MacGregor, Ednburgh
Graham McGregor, Bishop Auckland
Niall MacIntosh, Australia
ALAN McINTYRE, USA
Dr Lorn Macintyre, St Andrews
Matthew MacIver, Edinburgh
Adam Mackay, Glasgow
IAN MACKAY, Dornoch
Susan McKellar, Helensburgh
Alasdair MacKenzie, Germany
David Mackenzie, Tillicoultry
Dr Ken MacKenzie, Aberdeen
Mike MacKenzie, Oban
Iain Mackintosh, Perth
Duncan McLaren, Glasgow
Robin McLaren, Edinburgh
Chris McLean, Estonia
Donald MacLean, Connel
Gordon McLean, Strathpeffer
Don McNeil, Newton
Barbara McPake, North Berwick
Ian Macpherson, Clydebank
Norrie MacQueen, Perth
Willie McVicar, Innerleithen
Sally Magnusson, Glasgow
Aubrey Manning, East Lothian
Douglas Marr, CBE, Alford
Peter Marshall, Colinsburgh
Bill Martin, Fortrose
Dr Ann Matheson, Edinburgh
Dr Irene Maver, Glasgow
Donald Maxwell, Wales
Jane Meagher, Edinburgh
Rosemary Meechan, Glasgow
Martin Meteyard, Bonnyrigg
David Mill, Greenock
Gordon Mill, Glasgow
BARBARA MILLAR, Colinsburgh
Sally Millar, Edinburgh
Andy Milne, Edinburgh
John Milne, Aberlour
John Milne, Glasgow
Jane Moir, East Kilbride
Martin Montgomery, Glasgow
JOHN MOORHOUSE, DL, Corsock
John Morrison, Glasgow
Mr W Morrison, Bonnybridge
Shona Morse, Edinburgh
Dick Mungin, Lochailort
Rev Dr John Munro, Edinburgh
Mary Munro, Bearsden
Brendan Murphy, Aberfeldy
Ian Nelson, Edinburgh
Mike Nolan, Edinburgh
Alan Page, Cupar
Professor Stan Paliwoda, Glasgow
Marian Pallister, Kilmichael Glassary
Bob Payne, France
IAN PETRIE, Anstruther
FRANK PIGNATELLI, CBE, Glasgow
Neil Pirrit, MBE, Glasgow
Bryan Poole, Cupar
Margaret Powell-Joss, Oban
Alison Prince, Whiting Bay
James Provan, Glenfarg
Helen Quigley, Edinburgh
Eileen Ramsay, Arbirlot
Donald Rankin, Kirkcaldy
Tessa Ransford, OBE, Edinburgh
David Rattray, Falkirk
Donald L Reid, Beith
Professor Norman Reid, Bathgate
Jim Rennie, Paisley
Christelle Le Riguer, Irvine
SIR TOM RISK, Edinburgh
Gordon Ritchie, Stonehaven
Ian Ritchie, Lasswade
Murray Ritchie, Glasgow
Professor Richard Roberts, Stirling
LORD ROBERTSON OF PORT ELLEN, Dunblane
John F Robins, Glasgow
Professor Gerard Rochford, Aberdeen
Robert Roddick, Cumbernauld
George Rodger, Unst
Molly Rorke, Edinburgh
Sandy Ross, Edinburgh
Agnes Samuel, Glasgow
Roger Sandilands, Glasgow
Andrew Sarle, Falkirk
David Scott, Aberdeen
Pauline Scott, Edinburgh
David Semple, Glasgow
Walter Semple, Glasgow
FRED AND IRENE SHEDDEN, Glasgow
ALLAN SHIACH, London
Jim Sillars, Edinburgh
Heather Sim, Strathaven
ANNE SIMPSON, Glasgow
Dr Richard Simpson, Edinburgh
Eric Sinclair, Aboyne
ANGUS SKINNER, Edinburgh
David Sloan, Newport-on-Tay
Christopher F Smith, Edinburgh
Morelle Smith, Fountainhall
Matt Spicer, Glasgow
Geoffrey Stell, Bo’ness
Professor Jill Stephenson, Edinburgh
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Rev Norma D Stewart, Glasgow
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Jan Swearingen, USA
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Elizabeth Thomas, Perth
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Catriona Walker, Aberdeen
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David Warden, Glasgow
Walter Watson, St Andrews
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Rev Laurence Whitley, Glasgow
H Fiona Wilkie, Canada
Iain Wilkie, Glasgow
DR KARINA WILLIAMSON, Edinburgh
Hamish Wilson, Wigtown
Heather Wilson, Edinburgh
Jennifer Wilson, Dumfries
John Dewar Wilson, Thailand
Mrs M D Wilson, Peterhead
Chris Wood, Stirling
Carol Woodward, Glasgow
John Patrick Wright, Falkirk
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