LOTHIAN LIFE - Key Persons


Anne Gallacher

Job Titles:
  • Director of Luminate

George Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Local Historian
Local historian, George Robinson, offers us a snapshot of the life of Robert Lee, a nineteenth century Edinburgh doctor and minister…

James Holloway

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery Is a Busy but Contented Man Doing What Is for Him "the Best Job in the World".
James Holloway, Director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery is a busy but contented man doing what is for him "the best job in the world".

Major General Mark Strudwick

Job Titles:
  • Retired
Major General Mark Strudwick CBE, is a retired British Army officer, who served as General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 1997 to 2000. In this week of remembrance, he shares an insight into his life ¦

Robin Harper MSP

Job Titles:
  • Conservative Leader
  • Still Young at Heart
David McLetchie, MSP, former Conservative Leader in the Scottish Parliament is, these days, a man entirely at ease with himself. He has overcome with grace and humility a concerted media campaign over alleged expenses difficulties and emerged as a political thinker who still believes he can make a difference. Continue reading David McLetchie MSP " A Man at Ease With Himself Beneath Robin Harper ™s charmingly eccentric and boyish manner is a man driven by his vision of a world in which concern for the environment is paramount. As the UK's first elected Green Member of Parliament he has been a man on a mission for some 35 years.

Selina Cairns

Job Titles:
  • Director of Erringon Cheese

Words With Anne

In this ‘Words With' interview, we're talking to Anne Gallacher, the Director of Luminate, Scotland's creative ageing organisation…

Words With Carrie

Edinburgh, a city known for its diversity and culture, is full of fascinating exhibitions, stories and communities. Here, Carrie Alderton talks about her work in bringing them all together…

Words With Wendy

In our latest Words With… interview, Edinburgh-based Wendy Bough talks reading, writing, and a famous Scottish novel prize…