KT Tunstall Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall[1] (born 23 June 1975) is a Scottish[2] singer-songwriter and guitarist. She broke into the public eye with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland. She has enjoyed commercial and critical success since, picking up three nominations before winning a BRIT Award, and a Grammy Award nomination.[3] She is also the recipient of an Ivor Novello Award. She has released five albums internationally: Eye to the Telescope (2004), KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza (2006), Drastic Fantastic (2007), Tiger Suit (2010) and Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon (2013). Early life[edit] Tunstall has a half-Chinese, half-Scottish mother and an Irish father. Music career[edit] Career beginnings[edit] 2004–07: Eye to the Telescope and Acoustic Extravaganza[edit] Her début album, Eye to the Telescope, was released in late 2004. 2007–12: Drastic Fantastic and Tiger Suit[edit]
1776 - (Smith) The Wealth of Nations An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth and is today a fundamental work in classical economics. Through reflection over the economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution the book touches upon such broad topics as the division of labour, productivity and free markets. History[edit] The Wealth of Nations was published 9 March 1776, during the Scottish Enlightenment and the Scottish Agricultural Revolution.[1] It influenced a number of authors and economists, as well as governments and organizations. Many other authors were influenced by the book and used it as a starting point in their own work, including Jean-Baptiste Say, David Ricardo, Thomas Malthus and, later, Ludwig von Mises.
Jimmy Shand Sir James Shand MBE (28 January 1908 – 23 December 2000) was a Scottish musician who played traditional Scottish dance music on the accordion. Being a keen motorcyclist, Shand was also an enthusiastic supporter and spectator at the annual Isle of Man TT races. Jimmy also sponsored a motorcycle road racer from Errol, Perthshire called Jack Gow, a multiple Scottish Motorcycle Racing champion and later a motor cycle dealer in Dundee. Jack Gow was the son of Andy Gow who drove the bus which transported the Shand tour. Shand's interest in motorcycles began when a boyfriend of his sister had problems with his bike which had broken down, Shand repaired it and was allowed to use it. He failed an audition for the BBC because he kept time with his foot. Works[edit] "Call me precious I don't mind 78s are hard to find You just can't get the shellac since the war This one's the Beltona brand Finest label in the land They don't make them like that any more" In 1972 Shand went into semi-retirement.
Jack Vettriano Jack Vettriano OBE born Jack Hoggan (born 17 November 1951), is a Scottish painter. His 1992 painting, The Singing Butler, became a best selling image in Britain. Early life[edit] Jack Vettriano grew up in the industrial seaside town of Methil, Fife. Vettriano left school at 16 and later became an apprentice mining engineer. In 1987, at 36, Vettriano's wife Gail left him. Career[edit] In 1989, Vettriano submitted two canvases for the Royal Scottish Academy annual show. In 1996, Sir Terence Conran commissioned Vettriano to create a series of paintings for his new Bluebird Gastrodome in London. His easel paintings cost between £48,000 and £195,000 new.[9] According to The Guardian, he earns £500,000 a year in print royalties.[10] Vettriano's 1992 painting, The Singing Butler has been the best selling image in Britain.[9] On 21 April 2004, the original canvas of The Singing Butler sold at auction for £744,500. Vettriano has studios in Scotland and London. Criticism[edit] Collaborations[edit]
Alexander Selkirk Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721), also known as Alexander Selcraig, was a Scottish sailor who spent more than four years as a castaway after being marooned on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean. By the time he was rescued, he had become adept at hunting and making use of the resources found on the island. His story of survival was widely publicised when he returned home, and likely became a source of inspiration for writer Daniel Defoe's fictional Robinson Crusoe. Early life[edit] The son of a shoemaker and tanner in Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland, Alexander Selkirk was born in 1676. In February 1704, following a stormy passage round Cape Horn, the privateers fought a long battle with a well-armed French vessel, the St Joseph, only to have it escape to warn the Spanish of their arrival in the Pacific. Castaway[edit] Selkirk had grave concerns about the seaworthiness of their vessel. Cinque Ports did indeed later founder off the coast of what is now Colombia.
Dougray Scott Stephen Dougray Scott (born 25 November 1965), better known as Dougray Scott (pronounced DOOG-ray), is a Scottish actor. Early life[edit] Scott was born in Glenrothes, Fife, the son of Elma, a nurse, and Alan Scott, an actor and salesperson.[1] He attended Auchmuty High School. Career[edit] Personal life[edit] Scott is the father of twins, Eden and Gabriel Trevis Scott (b. 1998), with ex-wife Sarah Trevis, to whom he was married from 2000 to 2006.[10] On 8 June 2007, he married actress Claire Forlani in Italy.[11] Scott is an avid fan of Hibernian Football Club and a celebrity supporter of the British Red Cross.[12] Filmography[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Dougray Scott at the Internet Movie Database Barbara Dickson Barbara Ruth Dickson, OBE (born Dunfermline, Fife, 27 September 1947)[1] is a Scottish singer whose hits include "I Know Him So Well" and "January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums in the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a number of hit singles, including four which reached the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The Scotsman newspaper has described her as Scotland's best-selling female singer in terms of the numbers of hit chart singles and albums she has achieved in the UK since 1976.[3] Career[edit] Early years[edit] Dickson went to Woodmill High. Previously she lived in "Dolly Town", which no longer exists as it was demolished in the early 1970s. Dickson's singing career started in folk clubs around her native Fife in 1964. Mainstream success[edit] She became a well-known face on the British folk circuit of the late 1960s and early 1970s, but changed her career course after meeting Willy Russell. 1990s and beyond[edit] Recent career[edit] Personal life[edit]
Jim Clark James "Jim" (or "Jimmy") Clark, Jr OBE (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965. Clark was a versatile driver who competed in sports cars, touring cars and in the Indianapolis 500, which he won in 1965. He was particularly associated with the Lotus marque. He was killed in a Formula Two motor racing accident in Hockenheim, Germany in 1968. Early years James Clark Jr was born into a farming family at Kilmany House Farm, Fife, the youngest child of five, and the only boy. Although his parents were opposed to the idea, Clark started his racing in local road rally and hill climb events driving his own Sunbeam-Talbot, and proved a fearsome competitor right from the start. "In March 1960, the first race for the newly introduced Formula Junior took place at Goodwood. Clark and Lotus Jim Clark in German GP 1962 Jim Clark in the Lotus pit at the German GP 1964 Remarkable performances The fatal crash Legacy
Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (/kɑrˈneɪɡi/ kar-NAY-gee, but commonly /ˈkɑrnɨɡi/ KAR-nə-gee or /kɑrˈnɛɡi/ kar-NEG-ee;[2] November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was also one of the highest profile philanthropists of his era and had given away almost 90 percent – amounting to, in 1919, $350 million[3] (in 2014, $4.76 billion) – of his fortune to charities and foundations by the time of his death. His 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy. Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and emigrated to the United States with his very poor parents in 1848. Biography Early life Railroads Carnegie age 16, with brother Thomas 1860–1865: The Civil War Defeat of the Confederacy required vast supplies of munitions, as well as railroads (and telegraph lines) to deliver the goods.
Ian Anderson Early life[edit] Ian Anderson was born the youngest of three siblings. His father, James Anderson, ran the RSA Boiler Fluid Company[2] in East Port, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. His family moved to Blackpool, Lancashire, England, in 1959, where he gained a traditional education at Blackpool Grammar School.[4] In a recent interview, Anderson stated that he was asked to leave Grammar School for refusing to submit to corporal punishment (still permitted at that time) for some serious infraction.[5] He went on to study fine art at Blackpool College of Art from 1964 to 1966. Career[edit] Early career[edit] While a teenager, Anderson took a job as a sales assistant at Lewis's department store in Blackpool, then as a vendor on a newsstand. In 1963, he formed The Blades from among school friends: Barriemore Barlow (drums), John Evan (keyboards), Jeffrey Hammond (bass) and Michael Stephens (guitar). Later career[edit] In the 1990s he began working with simple bamboo flutes. Recognition[edit]