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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Louis D Hall

How Scotland can bask in the glow of the spirit of Enlightenment

The sun sets over the New Town area of Edinburgh (Image: PA)

JUST over 200 years ago, if you were to climb to the top of Arthur’s Seat and look out over Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens, you’d be staring at a loch.

Beyond the North Loch, there’d be an expanse of green and harrowed fields – haystacks and animals dotted about – known locally as Bearford’s Parks. And then, of course, you’d set eyes on the iconic Firth of Forth. The Highlands

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