Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation (2014)
Andrew Marr explores the lives and works of the Scottish writers who helped define a national identity over the last three centuries.
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1. James Boswell2014-08-16 · 1h 0mAndrew has loved James Boswell ever since his mother gave him a copy of his diaries as he grew up. He attempts to follow Boswell’s journey from his privileged childhood in Ayrshire
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2. Walter Scott2014-08-23 · 1h 0mAndrew examines poet and writer Sir Walter Scott, who is less well known for his time as a political fixer for Scotland then he is for his writing.
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3. Hugh MacDiarmid2014-08-30 · 1h 0mAndrew Marr looks at the career of Hugh MacDiarmid, one of Scotland's most bothersome poets who reinvented Scottish as a serious writing language.
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