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An Enigmatic Pianist – and two Opera Stars!

 

The Scots Magazine octobre 2011

Bonjour Janice, Marie-Agnès et Jean-Claude – Hello again from Scotland! 🙂

Marie-Agnès and Jean-Claude, do you still have a subscription to The Scots Magazine, the famous journal first published in 1739?

We don’t have one ourselves, but were interested to find that the October 2011 issue contained […]

December 2nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Great Scots, Letters From Scotland | 7 comments

‘Daft Pate’ Macmillan of Courthill Smithy, Pioneer of the Pedal-Driven Bicycle

Bicycling ca 1887 😉 Hy Sandham Aquarelle print by L. Prang & Co Source Wikipedia

Bonjour Marie-Agnès, Janice et Jean-Claude! Ca va? – How are you? 🙂

We’d like to tell the story today of the quiet, diffident Scotsman who is generally accepted as the inventor of the bicycle; but first, please let […]

March 18th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Great Scots, Letters From Scotland | 3 comments
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