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Scotland's Read of Choice by Kenneth Stephen. From the innovative deductions of Sherlock Holmes to the
conundrums facing Inspector John Rebus, Scottish writers have turned
the country into a powerhouse for page-turning crime fiction.
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Written by Mary McGowne
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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For a country small in size, the creative output of Scots is big
and dazzling. Across multiple disciplines there is much to shout about.
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Written by Scotland.org
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It is one of the most significant photographs ever taken. It was a
world first, and a breathtaking innovation for its time. This humble
image of a knot of tartan ribbon still resides at 14 India Street,
Edinburgh, an address that was once the private home of its creator,
and is now a public museum of his life. For this is the first permanent
colour photograph ever taken, and it was made in 1861 in Scotland by
James Clerk Maxwell – one of this country's many pioneering minds.
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The sight of Scottish actors portraying ancient Greek heroes is one
that has become familiar to the cinema-going public around the world,
with King Agamemnon being brought to life on the silver screen by both
Brian Cox and Sean Connery (in Troy and Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits
respectively), and most recently by Glaswegian actor Gerard Butler
starring as the iconic Spartan King Leonidas in the smash hit 300.
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Golf is much more than a game in Scotland: it is a way of life. For
over six hundred years Scotsmen have chased a little white ball around
rugged stretches of coastline, the date easily verifiable as King James
II tried to ban golf in Scotland by an Act of Parliament in 1457.
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