Scotland September/October 2021

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George Mackay Brown |

anniversaries

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THIS IMAGE: Portrait of the poet George Mackay Brown (1921-96), taken on Orkney

For the islands he WROTE In the centenary year of George Mackay Brown’s birth, we revisit Orkney and view the isles through the eyes of the local-born poet Words by GAVIN D SMITH

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