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New book reveals East Lothian woman as Scotland's own Sappho (opens the original)
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THE author of a new book shining a light on the hidden literary legacy of a 16th-century East Lothian woman has said it was “thrilling” to visit the home of her subject. With My Own Hand: The Secret Life of Marie Maitland, Scotland’s Sixteenth Century Sappho, by Ashley Douglas and published by Headline Press, tells the story of Marie Maitland, daughter of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington (now known as Lennoxlove) and Thirlestane Castles, whose anonymous poetry went unrecognised for centuries.
Down Memory Lane - The mercat crosses of East Lothian (opens the original)
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YOU have probably walked by hundreds of mercat crosses with little thought to their incredible history. Standing at the centre of many Scottish towns and villages, the mercat cross marks a settlement as having the right to hold a market, as granted by the monarch. Markets took place around them; royal proclamations were made at them; and criminals were punished by being chained to them! Walk with us down memory lane as we investigate the fascinating history of our county's mercat crosses. All im
World-record-holding Atlantic rower tells of waves as high as a house (opens the original)
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A WORLD-RECORD-HOLDING rower enthralled an audience with tales of waves as high as a house, as a team of Scottish women revealed the boat they are set to use to take on the same challenge. Elaine Hopley, from Dunblane, completed the 3,000-mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge in 2016 single-handed, taking an incredible 59 days to row from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Nelson's Dockyard in Antigua. And Saltire Tides – a team of three women, one of whom is from North Berwick – will be the o
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