Hugh MacDiarmid
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Christopher Murray Grieve, best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish
MacDiarmid, c. 1966
Poster for Hugh MacDiarmid exhibition held at the National Library of Scotland in honour of his 75th birthday in 1967
McDiarmid (bottom row, third from left) in a photograph of attendees of Malcolm X's speech at the Oxford Union, 3 December 1964. The two debated that day on the use of force to resist oppression.
Plaque on a building near Gladstone Court Museum, Biggar, South Lanarkshire which was opened by MacDiarmid in 1968. The inscription reads "Let the lesson be – to be yersel's and to mak' that worth bein'". Sculpted by Douglas Robertson 1995.
Lallans
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Lallans, means the Scots language, or certain varieties of it.
Commemorative plaque in Lallans, Edinburgh