IT’S my third and final week as artist in residence here at the Schotse Huizen (Scottish houses) in the historic Dutch port of Veere. In the first two parts of this diary, I wrote about how this town became the Kingdom of Scotland’s main trading gateway to Europe over many centuries.
This week I’m looking at the final years of the Scottish merchant community which once thrived here, and how a 20th-century revival of interest in the town’s Scottish connections led to a special honour being bestowed on one of Scotland’s most iconic political figures, Winnie Ewing.
