David Green
David Green retired in 2023 after 40 years as a Procurator Fiscal. As a child, enthused by the BBC series “Sutherlands Law” he had decided that he wanted to join the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. By the age
Liz Lochhead
Liz Lochhead was the second Makar, or National Poet of Scotland, from 2011 till 2016. She was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, 2015. A performance-poet as well as a poet for the page, she is also a playwright,
John Deffenbaugh
I’ve lived outside America for 50 years, mainly in Scotland, but also England and Egypt. My American frame of reference is the 1960s when I grew up in Peoria, Illinois. Baseball, Vietnam, moon shots, civil rights. I’ve travelled back to
Richard Petty
Dr Richard Petty Richard is a retired Consultant Neurologist from what was the Southern General Glasgow. He was appointed in 1995 after periods of training in Newcastle and both the Royal Free and National Hospital, Queen Square in London. He
Robin Leake
Robin was educated at Oxford University where he did both his undergraduate and doctoral degrees. After time as a Research Fellow at Wolfson College, he went to the States for two years before arriving in Glasgow. Our research group worked
Bill Hagan
Following graduation in Aeronautical Engineering I commenced sponsored training to become a commercial airline pilot in 1970 and started as a co-pilot on the BEA Trident aircraft from 1971 for a period of 14 years, and finished my career in
Gerry Carruthers
Gerard Carruthers is Francis Hutcheson Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and an Honorary Fellow of the World Burns Federation, of the English Association and of the
Ian Lamb
Commander Ian Lamb Royal Navy Retired On leaving School in 1964 Ian joined Eastern Electricity (EE) as a Student Apprentice. He successfully negotiated his studies and then worked for EE as a planning engineer. In 1970 he volunteered and was
Liam Devlin
Liam Devlin is a former teacher, a long career at St Aloysius College being sandwiched between periods working for the Adult and Continuing Education Departments of Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities for which he taught Music. He was appointed Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary in 2024,
Eric Thompson
Eric was born in Coatbridge during the Second World War. He won a scholarship to Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth at sixteen, was streamed as an Engineer Officer, volunteered for submarines and thirty-seven years later retired as Commodore in charge