Acknowledgements

Kerry Black, librarian at The Scotsman

Craig Nelson, librarian at The Scotsman

Simon Bell, The British Library, Colindale

National Library of Scotland

Nicola McCartney

Jackie McGlone

Amanda Fitzalan Howard

And the arts editors, editors and staff of the newspapers which supported most of the work collected here: The Scotsman, The Herald, Scotland on Sunday, The Guardian and the Sunday Standard.