What's in this Issue of A Broad Scot

True to our intention of featuring Scottish creativity and being a ‘guid read’, in this, the first issue proper of A Broad Scot we are pleased to publish a number of short stories from various authors, hear from a Scottish potter and showcase some striking ‘visuals’ – and much more besides.


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CONTENTS





Niall Ferguson on his ‘trilemma’

The new Scotch Whisky legislation

Jan Andrew Henderson

History repeats itself with the HBOS/RBS debacle


The work of Skye potter Patricia Shone

The tale of an indefatigable Gael

Chapter from the book ’Don’t Call Them Bennys’ by Mark Shickell

Falkland’s War poem by Frank Murdoch

Photographic essay by Stefano Leonardi

The success of a traditional painter

Short Story by A.L.Kennedy

Short Story by Lexie Fox

Short Story by Duncan McLean

Short Story by Katy McAulay

Scotland’s own auld gold rush

Reflections on the Scottish classic

Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy ‘The Real McHoy’

Eric Liddell: The Flying Scotsman

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988