Alasdair Gray, Artist in Words and Pictures Whose Novel ‘Lanark’ Sparked a Creative Flowering in His Native Scotland

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“I really should land this plane before having a cuppa.” - Crazy Maisy
This is the first of a series of dog cards I’m working on, working title ‘Friends of Lanark’. Just in time for the holidays, hopefully!

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in 1858 Robert Owen, Welsh-Scottish industrialist and social reformer, pioneer of the New Lanark community, died

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There's a girnin doogie high up on the roof of Lanark https://t.co/WAPMbvz1CQ

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New Lanark World Heritage Site holds its inaugural Book Festival on Saturday 14 September. Visitors can meet and chat with award-winning children's authors Chae Strathie & Keith Charters in interactive and engaging sessions. More info here: https://t.co/dlaEUOs4bb 📚

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"The Mother's Lesson" - This gorgeous painting depicting a scene in a Wishaw home is by George Washington Brownlaw (1835-1876) - does anyone know anything about the artist? "Interior painted on the spot/Wishaw, Lanarkshire."

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In the 18th c, Scottish landscape painting captured the unique & breathtaking views of Scotland. Jacob More painted Clyde’s three waterfalls outside of Lanark. Cora Linn (1771), shown here, was purchased by Sir Joshua Reynolds. 1/

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Plates from William Smellie's 'Theory and Practice of Midwifery' (1752). Smellie, a Lanarkshire-born 'man-midwife' was known for pioneering a scientific approach to midwifery and developing safer obstetrical forceps

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Indeed. Canmore records sites & objects in each county, but you'd need to check each entry's date. Caithness has 3624 entries. Your Scottish competitors are:
Aberdeenshire
Argyll
Dumfries & Galloway
Inverness-shire
Lanarkshire
Perthshire
Ross & Cromarty
Roxburghshire
Sutherland

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Ladies man talks Lanark, babies and William Blake ahead of his appearance at the Catford Comic and Zine Fair. Read the full interview at https://t.co/Rrb6Mb5MUQ

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Pear Tree Well, Kelvinside Lanarkshire ~ history & archaeology https://t.co/jy3BM8j2Ib

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Early spring morning, Lanark

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