Sorley MacLean
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Sorley MacLean was a Scottish Gaelic poet, described by the Scottish Poetry Library as "one of the major Scottish poets of the modern era" because of his "mastery of his chosen medium and his engageme
MacLean at Braes, Skye in 1986
A sign requests that the playground not be used on Sunday.
Ruins of a stone house on Mull
A mine explodes during the Second Battle of El Alamein
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
Sorley MacLean
…culture and literature from birth, but abandoned religion for socialism. In the late 1930s, he befriended many Scottish Renaissance figures, such as Hugh MacDiarmid and Douglas Young. He was wounded three times while serving in the Royal Corps of Signals during the North African Campaign. MacLean published little…
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.