The last name of Irvine, the Scottish author of "Trainspotting"; it's also another U.K. nationality
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Irvine Welsh: 'When you grow up in a place you think it's mundane ...  Apr 17, 2015 ... As a leisured Chicagoan, Irvine Welsh is an outsider in Scotland now  but ... he lost his taste for dancing, when he last took a class A, and why Sean Connery ... whether it's an independent country or a change-maker within the UK. ... He cemented that status with his first novel, Trainspotting, which, more...
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Irvine Welsh: Scotland Has Already Dealt the UK Elite a Crushing ...  Sep 16, 2014 ... Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He is the author of the novel "Trainspotting," which was made into the film of the same name. ... A NO vote, on the other handonce the relief of the last-ditch saving ... The rest of UK, or it's constituent parts, can then get on with deciding on...
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Irvine Welsh - Wikipedia  Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1957) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. He is recognised for his novel Trainspotting, which was later made into a film of the same name. ... He also describes himself as monogamous: "it sounds boring but it's the way I am". ..... In other projects. Wikimedia Commons...
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BBC Two - Writing Scotland - Irvine Welsh  He moved with his family to Muirhouse, in Edinburgh, at the age of four. ... of a series of other jobs, before leaving Edinburgh for the London punk scene in 1978. ... Irvine Welsh's first novel, Trainspotting (1993), is set mostly in Leith and ... first novel, Trainspotting draws its readers' attention to aspects of Scottish and British...
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Irvine Welsh interview: Begbie & The Blade Artist - The Skinny  Feb 29, 2016 ... An interview with Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh ahead of the ... Trainspotting (1993), Porno (2002) and Skagboys (2012); also ... When people get a reputation for something it's very hard for them to be perceived in a different way. .... as 'British writer Philip Kerr' and I'm described as 'Scottish writer Irvine...
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Kim (novel) - Wikipedia  Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. It was first published ... Country, United Kingdom .... Kimball "Kim" O'Hara  is an orphan son of an Irish soldier, the protagonist; "A poor white, the ... the Church of England chaplain of the Mavericks, the Irish regiment to which Kim's father belonged...
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Sir Walter Scott - Wikipedia  Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771  21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. Scott's novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain ..... In Ivanhoe, which is one of Scott's Waverley novels, religious and sectarian...
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jeopardy/1018_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  HISTORICAL NOVELS | Highland raiders known as the Children of the Mist wreak havoc in "The Legend of Montrose" by this 19th c. author | Sir Walter Scott.
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Who will govern England if the Scots split? | Pundit Wire  Posted on August 5, 2014 by Hal Gordon  2 Comments ... The list of British prime ministers who were Scottish by birth or of Scots descent is a ... two other post-1900 prime ministers were born in Scotland: Arthur James Balfour ... Prime ministers of Scots descent include one of the towering figures of the ... Last Name.
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Rob Roy | Scottish outlaw | Britannica.com  Jan 6, 2015 ... Noted Highland outlaw whose reputation as a Scottish Robin Hood was exaggerated in Sir Walter Scott 's novel Rob Roy (1818) and in some passages in the ... Alternative Title: Robert MacGregor ... Rob's father, Donald MacGregor, a younger brother of the chief of the clan MacGregor, received a military...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | The University of Edinburgh  Oct 16, 2015 ... Author of Sherlock Holmes series of novels and stories, physician, alumnus. ... It was one of his professors here at Edinburgh, Dr Joseph Bell, who is said to have inspired Conan ... Doyle's entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland.
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Rose by Martin Cruz Smith  Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists  The place is Wigan, England, a coal town where rich mine owners live ..... and the British coal mining town of Wigan with Rose - an historical novel/mystery. ... The author has put his efforts in the construction of a though character Blair, the ... a read..i have only read one of smiths novels his very first GORKY PARK years ago...
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Great Scots: Robert Louis Stevenson - Turnbull Clan Association  Scottish author Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, ... The boy's nurse, Alison Cunningham, who he called Cummy, and who ... Later, in his book A Child's Garden of Verses (1885) he called this time in his life ... It wasn't long after these meetings that Robert became active in the literary life of London. He...
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Robert Burns - IMDb  During his adult years he wrote several volumes of poetry that were well received. By the time of his death he was considered the poet laureate of Scotland, ... 2010 Burke and Hare (lyrics: "Comin' Thro' the Rye" - uncredited) ..... Night Song (1961) . ... "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond", "The Banks o' Doon" - uncredited).
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Pen name - Wikipedia  A pen name is a pseudonym adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of his ... An author may use a pen name if his or her real name is likely to be confused with that of another author or notable individual. ... books are titled "Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb"); Scots writer Iain Banks wrote mainstream...
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J.R.R. Tolkien - Tolkien Gateway  Born, 3 January, 1892 ... Parts of his legendarium are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. ... 2 Appearance; 3 Writing; 4 Languages; 5 Works inspired by Tolkien ... living in England since the 18th century, becoming "quickly and intensely English ... His father, however, died in South Africa of a severe brain haemorrhage...
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Campbell, 'Highland' Mary (1763  86) - Robert Burns  Burns's 'Highland' Mary was born to Archibald Campbell of Daling, a seaman, and Agnes Campbell of Auchamore, by Dunoon, who had married in 1762. ... and his sister, Isabella, Burns turned seriously to Mary Campbell after he had been 'deserted' by Jean ... Another song apparently inspired by Mary Campbell, begins:.
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Rampant Scotland Directory - Central Scotland  Directory of Scottish-Related Web Pages - Central Scotland Section. ... Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Tourist Board ... Barrie's Birthplace, Kirriemuir - The birthplace of the author of "Peter Pan" is full of surprises! ..... Loch Katrine, Stirlingshire - Made popular by Sir Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake".
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You Tarzan, me Adam: I found out in a theater that my book inspired ...  Jul 20, 2016 ... Tarzan, however, is no longer in the jungle where he was born and where, after his parents' early deaths, he was raised by apes. ... his ancestral title, Lord Greystoke, and has occupied his palatial manor in England. ... less to life onscreen, even if to prop up the vine swinger created by novelist Edgar Rice...
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. - FAMOUS AUTHORS BORN IN AUGUST - '  - .  Although the fame from the novel came to Herman Melville after his death, it is ... It was much later in life that Melville wrote his literary masterpiece, .... Rob Roy, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian, and The Bride of Lammermoor. ... 1820 he received the baronetcy, becoming Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet.
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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir: Biography on Undiscovered ...  Biography of the author and diplomat, John Buchan on Undiscovered Scotland ... Featured in Films of the Book "The Thirty-Nine Steps" ... His full and formal title at the end of his life was The Right Honourable John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PC ... After the war Buchan became a Director of Reuters.