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Newspapers at the National Library – better than tablets!

24th August 201724th August 2017 Hugh Dan Maclennan

The National Library of Scotland’s newspapers collection is one of the largest in the UK and the largest in Scotland. Items range from the earliest newspaper printed in Scotland to online titles running to thousands of pages. And that was one of the reasons Edinburgh University Academy of Sport’s Summer School took the students attending […]

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The sports writer in residence is in the building

19th June 201719th June 2017 Hugh Dan Maclennan

Writing in the Daily Express in 1936, the sports journalist Trevor Wignall said “Sport .. is probably the biggest thing in the land. It occupies the thoughts, and empties the pockets, of countless millions”. Sport will certainly be occupying my thoughts for the next 12 months as I endeavour to mine the extensive and varied […]

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