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All this time I had been pondering my 1960 race across the Atlantic. Before the start I had known that the rival yachts would never see each other, and …
I got another sun-shot when the sun half showed through the ragged stormy sky. I had to grab the chance, and though I only poked my nose out of …
In 1932, Spyridon Marinatos was struck – while digging at Am-nissos in Crete – by the violence with which a Minoan villa had been destroyed and by the finding …
At dawn I found that the log had stopped again. This time I could not blame Pidge; the burgee halyard had parted, and one part of it, with the …
1 June, 1962, was a fine day, with the sun shining in a blue sky, a calm sea, a light breeze and it was perfect for the start of …
In February I went to Vence for a check up of my lung by Jean Mattei. Every day I timed myself up the Baou Blanc, 2400 feet, as a …
When next I looked at the Texas Tower I saw the three white domes standing high above the horizon on long stilted legs -a mirage. I had a fascinating …
100 West George Street Sculptor: Callum Sinclair (1990) This beautiful cat is hidden away over the lintel of the Royal Bank of Scotland building on West George Street. It …
Ever since I had arrived in Manila people had been asking, ‘When is the typhoon coming?’ This was not so that they could flee from it; they were complaining …
Glasgow Stock Exchange 155-59 Buchanan Street 63-69 Nelson Mandela Place Statue of St Andrew and decorative carving Architects: John Burnet 1875-1877 Sir John James Burnet 1894-1898 Sculptors: J & …
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