"Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1813 - 1878) was a blacksmith at Courthill Smithy, Keir, on the Drumlanrig estate of the Duke of Buccleuch in south west Scotland. Around 1839 he fitted pedal operated ...
Twelve novelists have been longlisted for a £25,000 award named after a famous Scottish writer. The judges of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction will narrow the 12 down to a shortlist in ...