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Experience a new history of Scotland told through its places.
Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat,
James Robertson and James Crawford pick twenty-five buildings to
tell the story of the nation. Travelling across the country, from
abandoned islands and lonely glens to the heart of our modern
cities, these five authors seek out the diverse narrative of the
Scottish people. Follow Kathleen Jamie as she searches for the
traces of our first family hearths in the Cairngorms and makes a
midsummer journey to Shetland to meet the unlikely new inhabitants
of an Iron Age broch. Tour the wondrous and macabre Surgeons' Hall
with Alexander McCall Smith, or walk with him over sacred ground to
Iona's ancient Abbey. Join Alistair Moffat as he discovers a lost
whisky village in the wilds of Strathconon, and climbs up through
the vertiginous layers of history in Edinburgh Castle. Accompany
James Robertson as he goes from the standing stones of Callanish to
the humble cottage of Hugh MacDiarmid - via the engineering
colossus of the Forth Rail Bridge. And journey with James Crawford
from a packed crowd in Hampden Park, to an off-the-grid eco-bothy
on the Isle of Eigg. Who Built Scotland is a landmark exploration
of Scotland's social, political and cultural histories. Moving from
Neolithic families, exiled hermits and ambitious royal dynasties to
highland shieling girls, peasant poets, Enlightenment philosophers
and iconoclastic artists, it places our people, our ideas and our
passions at the heart of our architecture and archaeology. This is
the remarkable story how we have shaped our buildings and how our
buildings, in turn, have shaped us.
Robert Ellis James-Robertson (always known as Ellis) was born in
Wales but lived at Worcester from the mid-1950s and travelled
extensively around the country building up a large railway
collection. In the 1960s a few of Ellis's photographs were
published in books and magazines and the credit 'R. E.
James-Robertson' may be familiar to some. This book of mainly
unpublished colour and black & white photographs has been
created entirely from Ellis's North Wales archives, it will appeal
to railway enthusiasts, modellers, and those interested in local
history. The time period covered is from the mid-1950s through to
the mid-1960s with steam being the predominant motive power. Much
of North Wales is covered and in addition to BR standard-gauge
lines, the narrow-gauge Penrhyn and Padarn slate systems are also
seen. Ellis and his wife Norah celebrated their diamond wedding
anniversary in 2013, and Ellis passed on in April 2015 aged 92.
Their daughters, Louisa and Fiona, contacted film-maker and author
Michael Clemens whose late father was a friend of Ellis's. Ellis's
collection lives on today at films shows around the country given
by the author and now in this second of a number of books using his
photographic archive.
Michael Curtiz (1888-1962) is considered to be one of the most
important directors in film history. "The Casablanca Man" surveys
Curtiz's mastery over a variety of genres which included biography,
comedy, horror, melodrama, musical, swashbuckler and western, and
looks at his relationship with the Hollywood studio moguls on the
basis of documentary evidence gleaned from archive research at
Warner Brothers, rather than the hearsay on which so much of his
reputation rests. This access to the production and financial
details of Curtiz's Warner Brothers films from 1926 to 1953 is the
most distinctive feature of Jim Robertson's work, most of it never
having been made available to the general public. Concentrating on
Curtiz's best-known films - "Casablanca", "Angels with Dirty
Faces", "Mildred Pearce" and "King Creole" among them - Robertson
explores his practical struggles over, for example, screenplays,
his use of reality footage in his feature films, and the
instinctive visual sense which governed his work.
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Angus Folk Tales (Paperback)
Erin Farley; Illustrated by Rowena Smith; Foreword by James Robertson
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Angus is a landscape of dramatic glens and rich farmland, ancient
weaving towns and fishing villages, from the city of Dundee in the
lee of the Sidlaw hills in the south, and the Grampian mountains in
the north. The tales of Angus are as varied as the landscapes they
are tied to, told through the years in castles, bothies, tenements
and Travellers' tents. Here, historical legends tell of Caterans
roaming the glens, Jacobite intrigue in Glenisla and pirates roving
the stormy waters off the Arbroath coast. Kelpies, broonies and
fairies lurk just out of sight on riverbanks and hillsides, waiting
to draw unsuspecting travellers into another world. The land bears
memories of ancient battles, and ghosts continue to walk the old
roads in the gloaming. In this collection, storyteller and local
historian Erin Farley brings you a wealth of legends and folk
tales, both familiar and surprising.
Hugh Miller was born in Cromarty, Ross-shire in 1802. A self-taught
stonemason, writer, social crusader and geologist, his name was
known in his lifetime not just in Scotland but across the
English-speaking world. This facsimile edition of his classic book,
first published in 1841, concerns 'The Old Red Sandstone', an
assemblage of rocks in the North Atlantic region, largely of
Devonian age. In a pre-Darwinian era, Miller was able to reconcile
his geological knowledge with his religious beliefs - he saw
geology as evidence, not as disproof, of godly design. His writing
is still immensely readable (he was known as 'the poet of geology')
and as novelist James Robertson says in his Foreword ' ... if it
tells us less than we now know about our planet's geology it tells
us much about how we have gained that knowledge, and how science is
and can only ever be a part of wider human culture.'
In order for forensic fibre examiners to fully utilize fibre and
textile evidence during their analysis, they require not only
specialised forensic knowledge but also in-depth knowledge of
fibres, yarns and fabrics themselves. Production, both the chemical
and physical structure, and the properties of these materials is
required in order to determine the value of fibre evidence. This
includes knowing production figures, fashion changes, sudden
arrivals of new materials, dye variability, and numerous other
factors that may have a bearing on the information obtained. Fully
updated with the latest advances, Forensic Examination of Fibres,
Third Edition continues in the tradition of the First (1992) and
Second Editions (1999) as the premier text on the subject of
forensic fibre analysis. The international team of contributing
authors detail the recovery of the evidence-through the different
stages of laboratory examination-to the evaluation of the meaning
of findings. The coverage has been considerably expanded, and all
material, has been revised and wholly updated. Topics covered
include examining damaged textiles, infrared microspectroscopy and
thin layer chomatography, and colour analyses. This edition also
highlights the critical role of quality assurance in ensuring the
reliability of the technical observations and results, and, in
doing so, looks at the implications of supervisory managers and
labs in the accurate and responsible analysis of such evidence.
Features include: Outlining evidentiary process from collecting and
preserving the evidence at the crime scene through the laboratory
analysis of fibres Detailing the latest developments and emerging
technologies including Kevlar and other such advances in fibre
technology Coverage of a broad array of fibres both, natural
(cellulose, protein, and mineral) and man-made fibres including
synthetic, inorganic and regenerated Forensic Examination of
Fibres, Third Edition is a much-needed update to the classic book,
serving as an indispensable reference to crime scene technicians,
laboratory forensic scientists and microscopists, students in
police, forensic, and justice science programs.
How does film censorship work in Britain? Jim Robertson's new
paperback edition of The Hidden Cinema argues that censorship has
had a far greater influence on British film history than is often
apparent, creating the `hidden cinema' of the title. Robertson
charts the role of the British Board of Film Censors, established
in 1913, and the histories of a variety of noteworthy films
including Battleship Potemkin and No Orchids for Miss Blandish and
revealing how censorship continues to exert a marked influence on
many important films - like the controversial A Clockwork Orange -
some of which have now vanished from British screens altogether.
This edition includes a brand new section on Bernardo Bertolucci's
Last Tango in Paris, immediately engulfed in censorship wrangles on
its release in 1972.
In this exciting and visually stunning book, the most talented
Scottish novelist of his generation teams up with Jill Calder,
whose bold and colourful illustrations are a perfect complement to
one of the most dramatic tales in Scottish history. In addition to
the big set pieces from the Bruce story - not least of course the
Battle of Bannockburn - and the other famous elements - such as the
murder of the Red Comyn and Bruce and the spider - book is full of
accurate historical detail and imaginative touches which offer a
fresh and vital perspective on one of the great heroes of Scottish
history.
How does film censorship work in Britain? Jim Robertson's new
paperback edition of The Hidden Cinema argues that censorship has
had a far greater influence on British film history than is often
apparent, creating the hidden cinema' of the title. Robertson
charts the role of the British Board of Film Censors, established
in 1913, and the histories of a variety of noteworthy films
including Battleship Potemkin and No Orchids for Miss Blandish and
revealing how censorship continues to exert a marked influence on
many important films - like the controversial A Clockwork Orange -
some of which have now vanished from British screens altogether.
This edition includes a brand new section on Bernardo Bertolucci's
Last Tango in Paris, immediately engulfed in censorship wrangles on
its release in 1972.
This is-for the first time-the full and unedited story behind the
sick life and mysterious death of Jeffrey Epstein that is being
called one of the most significant scandals in American history He
was the billionaire financier and close confidant of presidents,
prime ministers, movie stars and British royalty, the mysterious
self-made man who rose from blue-collar Brooklyn to the heights of
luxury. But while he was flying around the world on his private jet
and hosting lavish parties at his private island in the Caribbean,
he also was secretly masterminding an international child sex
ring-one that may have involved the richest and most influential
men in the world. The conspiracy of corruption was an open secret
for decades. And then this summer, it all came crashing down. After
his arrest on sex trafficking charges in July, it seemed Epstein's
darkest secrets would finally see the light. But hopes for true
justice were shattered on August 10 this year, when he was found
dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York.
The verdict: suicide. The timing: convenient, to say the least.
Now, Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales delivers bombshell new
revelations, uncovers how the man President Trump once described as
a "terrific guy" abused hundreds of underage girls at his mansions
in Palm Beach and Manhattan... all while entertaining the world's
most powerful men-including President Clinton, Prince Andrew, and
Donald Trump himself. How much did they know about his perversions?
And did they take part? How might they have helped him to continue
his abuse, and to escape justice for it? What responsibility might
they have for his sudden, shocking death? And is there a shocking
spy and blackmail story at the heart of the scandal? The answers to
these questions and more will be explored in Epstein: Dead Men Tell
No Tales with groundbreaking new reporting, never-before-seen court
files, and interviews with new witnesses and confidants. Combining
the very best investigative reporting from investigative
journalists Dylan Howard, Melissa Cronin and James Robertson-who
have been covering the case for close to a decade-will send
shockwaves through the highest levels of the establishment.
This is-for the first time-the full and unedited story behind the
sick life and mysterious death of Jeffrey Epstein that is being
called one of the most significant scandals in American history He
was the billionaire financier and close confidant of presidents,
prime ministers, movie stars and British royalty, the mysterious
self-made man who rose from blue-collar Brooklyn to the heights of
luxury. But while he was flying around the world on his private jet
and hosting lavish parties at his private island in the Caribbean,
he also was secretly masterminding an international child sex
ring-one that may have involved the richest and most influential
men in the world. The conspiracy of corruption was an open secret
for decades. And then in the summer of 2019, it all came crashing
down. After his arrest on sex trafficking charges in July 2019, it
seemed Epstein's darkest secrets would finally see the light. But
hopes for true justice were shattered on August 10, when he was
found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New
York. The verdict: suicide. The timing: convenient, to say the
least. Now, Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales delivers bombshell new
revelations, uncovers how the man President Trump once described as
a "terrific guy" abused hundreds of underage girls at his mansions
in Palm Beach and Manhattan... all while entertaining the world's
most powerful men-including President Clinton, Prince Andrew, and
Donald Trump himself. How much did they know about his perversions?
And did they take part? How might they have helped him to continue
his abuse, and to escape justice for it? What responsibility might
they have for his sudden, shocking death? And is there a shocking
spy and blackmail story at the heart of the scandal? The answers to
these questions and more will be explored in Epstein: Dead Men Tell
No Tales with groundbreaking new reporting, never-before-seen court
files, and interviews with new witnesses and confidants. Combining
the very best investigative reporting from investigative
journalists Dylan Howard, Melissa Cronin and James Robertson-who
have been covering the case for close to a decade-will send
shockwaves through the highest levels of the establishment.
Scottish-born Alexander Mackay (1808-1852) spent most of his career
as a journalist in Canada and the United States, though he had been
called to the bar in 1847. In 1851 he was commissioned by the
chambers of commerce of Manchester, Liverpool, Blackburn, and
Glasgow to go to India and report on the cultivation of cotton
there, especially around Gujarat. He stayed for a year and was on
his way back to Britain - his return forced by ill health - when he
died at sea in 1852. His Western India, however, was published the
following year after it was revised by James Robertson. The book
highlights the many impediments to further growth of the Indian
cotton trade: the poverty of the cultivators, heavy taxation,
outdated planting methods and poor infrastructure, as well as the
problem of competition from the booming cotton exports of the
United States.
'A book of such quality as to persuade you that historical novels
are the true business of the writer.' Daily Telegraph A gripping,
shocking story of history, enlightement and slavery from the
bestselling author of THE FANATIC. JOSPEH KNIGHT confirms James
Robertson as one of our foremost novelists. Exiled to Jamaica after
the Battle of Culloden in 1746, Sir John Wedderburn made a fortune,
alongside his three brothers, as a faux surgeon and sugar planter.
In the 1770s, he returned to Scotland to marry and re-establish the
family name. He brought with him Joseph Knight, a black slave and a
token of his years in the Caribbean. Now, in 1802, Sir John
Wedderburn is settling his estate, and has hired a solicitor's
agent, Archibald Jamieson, to search for his former slave. The past
has haunted Wedderburn ever since Culloden, and ever since he last
saw Knight, in court twenty-four years ago, in a case that went to
the heart of Scottish society, pitting master against slave, white
against black, and rich against poor. As long as Knight is missing,
Wedderburn will never be able to escape the past. Yet what will he
do if Jamieson's search is successful? And what effect will this
re-opening of old wounds have on those around him? Meanwhile, as
Jamieson tries to unravel the true story of Joseph Knight he begins
to question his own motivation. How can he possibly find a man who
does not want to be found? James Robertson's second novel is a tour
de force, the gripping story of a search for a life that stretches
over sixty years and moves from battlefields to the plantations of
Jamaica, from Enlightenment Edinburgh to the back streets of
Dundee. It is a moving narrative of history, identity and ideas,
that dramatically retells a fascinating but forgotten episode of
Scottish history.
Selim Aga was eight years old when he was abducted from the Nuba
Mountains of Sudan and sold into slavery and auctioned 2000 miles
away in Egypt to the highest bidder. Born around 1827 Selim was
killed in a war in Liberia in 1875. How then did this slave come to
be lecturing to fashionable audiences in London and publishing in
the "Geographical Magazine"? James McCarthy has pieced together the
life of this remarkable man using Selim's own narrative and those
of others such as Sir Richard Burton.
Originally written in the 1440s by Richard Holland, a Scottish
cleric who was chaplain to Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, The
Buke of the Howlat is one of the great poetic gems of
fifteenth-century Scots. Believing himself to be ugly, a young owl
(howlat) decides to speak to the most handsome bird of all, the
peacock, and ask his help so that Nature can change him. But the
peacock isn't sure this should be done - after all, Nature doesn't
usually make mistakes - and summons a council of birds to make a
decision. A huge feast takes place, and Nature herself appears and
orders all the birds present to give the owlone of their feathers.
But the result is not what they expect. The howlat's initial joy
turns to unbearable arrogance at his new found beauty, and drastic
action must be taken ...
In order for forensic fibre examiners to fully utilize fibre and
textile evidence during their analysis, they require not only
specialised forensic knowledge but also in-depth knowledge of
fibres, yarns and fabrics themselves. Production, both the chemical
and physical structure, and the properties of these materials is
required in order to determine the value of fibre evidence. This
includes knowing production figures, fashion changes, sudden
arrivals of new materials, dye variability, and numerous other
factors that may have a bearing on the information obtained. Fully
updated with the latest advances, Forensic Examination of Fibres,
Third Edition continues in the tradition of the First (1992) and
Second Editions (1999) as the premier text on the subject of
forensic fibre analysis. The international team of contributing
authors detail the recovery of the evidence-through the different
stages of laboratory examination-to the evaluation of the meaning
of findings. The coverage has been considerably expanded, and all
material, has been revised and wholly updated. Topics covered
include examining damaged textiles, infrared microspectroscopy and
thin layer chomatography, and colour analyses. This edition also
highlights the critical role of quality assurance in ensuring the
reliability of the technical observations and results, and, in
doing so, looks at the implications of supervisory managers and
labs in the accurate and responsible analysis of such evidence.
Features include: Outlining evidentiary process from collecting and
preserving the evidence at the crime scene through the laboratory
analysis of fibres Detailing the latest developments and emerging
technologies including Kevlar and other such advances in fibre
technology Coverage of a broad array of fibres both, natural
(cellulose, protein, and mineral) and man-made fibres including
synthetic, inorganic and regenerated Forensic Examination of
Fibres, Third Edition is a much-needed update to the classic book,
serving as an indispensable reference to crime scene technicians,
laboratory forensic scientists and microscopists, students in
police, forensic, and justice science programs.
'What we build always reveals things that are deeply and innately
human. Because all buildings are stories, one way or another.'
Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James
Robertson and James Crawford travel across the country to tell the
story of the nation, from abandoned islands and lonely glens to the
heart of our modern cities. Whether visiting Shetland's Mousa Broch
at midsummer, following in the footsteps of pilgrims to Iona Abbey,
joining the tourist bustle at Edinburgh Castle, scaling the Forth
Bridge or staying in an off-the-grid eco-bothy, the authors unravel
the stories of the places, people and passions that have had an
enduring impact on the landscape and character of Scotland.
WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2022 'To
tell the story of a country or a continent is surely a great and
complex undertaking; but the story of a quiet, unnoticed place
where there are few people, fewer memories and almost no reliable
records - a place such as Glen Conach - may actually be harder to
piece together. The hazier everything becomes, the more whatever
facts there are become entangled with myth and legend. . .' Deep in
the mountains of north-east Scotland lies Glen Conach, a place of
secrets and memories, fable and history. In particular, it holds
the stories of three different eras, separated by centuries yet
linked by location, by an ancient manuscript and by echoes that
travel across time. In ancient Pictland, the Christian hermit
Conach contemplates God and nature, performs miracles and prepares
himself for sacrifice. Long after his death, legends about him are
set down by an unknown hand in the Book of Conach. Generations
later, in the early nineteenth century, self-promoting antiquarian
Charles Kirkliston Gibb is drawn to the Glen, and into the big
house at the heart of its fragile community. In the present day,
young Lachie whispers to Maja of a ghost he thinks he has seen.
Reflecting on her long life, Maja believes him, for she is haunted
by ghosts of her own. News of the Dead is a captivating exploration
of refuge, retreat and the reception of strangers. It measures the
space between the stories people tell of themselves - what they
forget and what they invent - and the stories through which they
may, or may not, be remembered.
Nearly 10,000 young people in Scotland are homeless. Some we see on
the streets, thousands more are 'hidden' - sofa surfing, in
B&Bs and living in unsafe homes. Every one of them has their
own story to tell. For 30 years Rock Trust has been listening to
their stories and helping them find a home. In All the Way Home,
some of Scotland's leading authors have come together with young
people to mark this anniversary of Rock Trust's urgent, ongoing
work. Across first-hand accounts, poetry and fiction, this
anthology brings to life the visible and invisible realities of
home and homelessness, of family and belonging.
'Fair fa yer honest sonsie face Great chieftain o the pudding race'
Marking the 20th anniversary of Itchy Coo, this beautifully
illustrated collection of Scotland's best loved poetry is back in
the form of the extremely popular lift-the-flap book, to inspire
even the youngest budding poet in a simple, entertaining and
colourful way. Kids will delight in the hidden surprises within the
pages, lifting the flaps to reveal where the moose is hiding and
what the haggis has on its head, while singing along with parents
and teachers to favourite Scottish tunes such as 'Red Red Rose'
with Rabbie travelling alongside them through the story, ending up
in a marvellous Burns Supper rendition of 'Auld Lang Syne'.
And the Land Lay Still is the sweeping Scottish epic by James
Robertson And the Land Lay Still is nothing less than the story of
a nation. James Robertson's breathtaking novel is a portrait of
modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and immigrants,
journalists and politicians, drop-outs and spooks, all trying to
make their way through a country in the throes of great and rapid
change. It is a moving, sweeping story of family, friendship,
struggle and hope - epic in every sense. The winner of the Saltire
Society Scottish Book of the Year Award 2010, And the Land Lay
Still is a masterful insight into Scotland's history in the
twentieth century and a moving, beautifully written novel of
intertwined stories. 'Toweringly ambitious, virtually flawlessly
realized, a masterpiece and, without a doubt, my book of the year'
Daily Mail 'A jam-packed, dizzying piece of fiction' Scotland on
Sunday 'Gripping, vivid, beautifully realized' The Times
'Engrossing' Daily Telegraph 'Powerful and moving. A brilliant and
multifaceted saga of Scottish life in the second half of the
twentieth century' Sunday Times 'Brilliant and thoughtful.
Eminently readable, subtle and profound' Independent on Sunday
'Bold, discursive and deep, Robertson's sweeping history of life
and politics in 20th-century Scotland should not be ignored' Ian
Rankin, Observer Books of the Year James Robertson is the author of
three previous novels: The Fanatic, Joseph Knight and The Testament
of Gideon Mack, which is available in Penguin. Joseph Knight was
awarded the two major Scottish literary awards in 2003/4 - the
Saltire Book of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Book of the
Year - and The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the Man
Booker Prize, picked by Richard and Judy's Book Club, and
shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year award.
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