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Scottish Field, 12 Aug 2026

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ArticleWELCOME

I’ve reached the stage of life where I take more pleas­ure in the exploits of the young than in try­ing to emu­late them­selves. It’s nicer to watch your off­spring hit a golf drive 280 yards or catch a sal­mon than to do so your­self. So, it was a...

WELCOME

ArticleHERE THIS MONTH...

DOUGLAS STUART The Glaswe­gian Booker Prize-win­ning author chats to SF about child­hood, his sinu­ous jour­ney into writ­ing and the pur­suit of hap­pi­ness. DR MÀIRI MCKAY The Beltane Fire Soci­ety’s new May Queen reveals what Edin­burgh’s...

HERE THIS MONTH...

ArticleUNRAVELLING KNOTS AND CONTINUING THE LINE

Most people famil­iar with the name Rose­markie remem­ber the vil­lage for its most pop­u­lar attrac­tion: the Black Isle’s finest beach. The scene has changed little since my child­hood hol­i­days of sea­side pic­nics and chilly swims, sand­castles...

UNRAVELLING KNOTS AND CONTINUING THE LINE

ArticleCREDO

I live in New York. I was born in Sight­hill in Glas­gow and was raised in Den­nistoun. I went to school in Pol­lok. In 1994 I went to Galashiels to study tex­tiles and then in 1998 to The Royal Col­lege of Art in Lon­don to study fash­ion. I’ll always...

CREDO

ArticleWE'RE ALL LIVING IN SMITH'S WORLD

This year sees the 250th anniversary of argu­ably the most fam­ous text in the his­tory of eco­nom­ics, one writ­ten by a Scots­man, Adam Smith. Although much has been writ­ten – not least this year – about Smith’s fam­ous text, his back­ground and the...

WE'RE ALL LIVING IN SMITH'S WORLD

ArticleBURN BABY BURN

Pre­par­a­tions for the Beltane Fire Fest­ival start in Feb­ru­ary or March. I had a friend who was involved with the Beltane Fire Soci­ety and I went along to the open meet­ing in 2016 after watch­ing him per­form at Sam­huinn. I tried out for the...

BURN BABY BURN