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Category Archives: Great Scots
Scot Who Invented Wind Power
James Blyth’s windmill. The Scottish engineer saw the future. JAMES BLYTH The Scot who invented wind power It was 135 years ago that a Scottish engineer, James Blyth, invented the first wind-powered electrical generator. In July 1887 he built a … Continue reading
Posted in Great Scots
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Benedetti’s Festival Plans
The press are making a hullabaloo out of Benedetti being the ‘first female’ director of the Edinburgh Festival, which to my mind is demeaning. More critical is the fact that she is the first Scot, the governors of the world’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Great Scots
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Malvena Wells
An occasional series on eminent Scots unjustly ignored or forgotten Way before the Black Lives Matter campaign (BLM) had the white man and woman kneel to other white folks, rarely black people, in deference to equal rights for black people, … Continue reading
Posted in Great Scots
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BBC Scotland Fails Again
Eighteen wins, fifteen by knockouts, and no losses. No matter what your personal feelings are of the age-old sport of two guys (or women) bashing each other about the head and body, the historic win by Scotland’s Josh Taylor, undisputed … Continue reading
Posted in Great Scots, Scottish Politics
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To Sir With Love
I was going to say this to Grouse Beater privately, but circumstances being what they are, I feel I should do it publically. If you know me, you know I think the world of my mammy. She was, after all, … Continue reading
I Am A Man
I Am A Man I am a man. I am a man who is fighting for his rights. I fight for the rights of every man in my homeland. And every woman and every child, and those who want none, … Continue reading
Posted in Great Scots
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Dr William Gordon Stables
An ocasional series on eminent Scots forgotten or largely ignored This is the tale of a travelling man who invented the caravan to make his life on the road more comfortable, a Scot, a man who without knowing it, was … Continue reading
Posted in Great Scots, Transportation
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Dr James Niven
An occasional series on eminent Scots unjustly forgotten or ignored We are suffering one of humankind’s many pandemics, killing over two million souls, as I write, and as with those killed in past times, the majority the poorest in our … Continue reading
Posted in Great Scots
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Chippy Harry McNish
An occasional series on eminent Scots ignored or forgotten As true as I can tell it, this is the story of a Scotsman and an Englishman. The Scot was called Harry McNish. The Englishman was called Ernest Shackleton. As the … Continue reading
Posted in Great Scots
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What is Coronavirus?
We – the world’s nations in the west and Asia – were warned in 2019 a new incurable ‘flu’ was on its way and we should prepare for it. We did not. What is the virus and is it Armageddon, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Great Scots
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