ScotlandsFest: Whit If? Scotland’s History as It Might Have Been - Hugh McMillan
Hugh McMillan is the ideal guide to all the micht-hiv-bins of Scottish history, as well as all that wis. Humour is guaranteed!
About ScotlandsFest: Whit If? Scotland’s History as It Might Have Been - Hugh McMillan
| 19th Aug 2024 to 23rd Aug 2024 | |
| 5pm - 6pm | |
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Gladstones Land 477b Lawnmarket, Edinburgh Old Town EH1 2NT |
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| £10 | |
| Event organiser/part of ScotlandsFest | |
| Visit the event website here | |
Whit if Alexander 111 haed Twitter?
Whit if John Knox haed fawen in luve wi Mary Queen o Scots?
Whit if the Haggis addrest itsel?
Whit if Jacques Brel haed jyned the Corries?
Poet and historian Hugh McMillan ponders history as it might have been in a reading/ramble/discussion based on Whit If: Scottish History as it micht hae been, poems in Scots with illustrations by Bob Dewar. The unlikely, the impossible and the downright absurd come to life.
A confused knowledge of Scottish history is essential before coming in. And on leaving.
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