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James Hogg at 250: the farmhand who became one of Scotland s greatest storytellers

Despite little formal education, Hogg wrote one of the finest novels in Scottish literature, a disturbing tale of the divided self that still resonates.

Ewan MacColl: The Dirty Old Town writer and his support for Scottish independence

GO in to any Irish pub from Aberdeen to Adelaide, Clydebank to Chicago or Dundee to Dunedin and it won’t be long before the haunting strains of Dirty Old Town waft out from the jukebox or sound system. The archetypal Irish ballad, you might think, and a hugely popular one at that, thanks to the efforts over the years of groups like the Clancy Brothers, the ­Dubliners and the Pogues. But Dirty Old Town wasn’t written about Dublin and it wasn’t written by an Irishman. It was the creation of proud and dedicated Scottish Independence supporter Ewan MacColl, who might have been born in the northern English industrial city of Salford but was ­Scottish through and through – a fact of life he never tired of emphasising.

Lord Provost s pride in the city in his first year in office during the pandemic

WHEN Philip Braat was elected as Glasgow’s Lord Provost one year ago today, he had plans to modernise, reshape the role and reconnect the ancient civic office with his fellow citizens. The Lord Provost title dates back to the 15th century and the latest holder said he wanted to make it more relevant to the 21st century. It is almost Burns’ Night and you know what the bard said in ‘To a Mouse’ about the ‘best laid schemes’, ‘they gang aft agley’. As the coronavirus pandemic began to take a grip and lockdown was announced just two months later, events forced a rethink but also offered new opportunities for Glasgow’s first citizen to put much of his plan into action.

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