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In The News - October 2007 |
There has been a real mix of Accies in the media during October and thanks are due to the many people who have contributed snippets this month. But first, in September we failed to report on an item in the Herald and Post. Dr Donald Allan (52-61) has retired and, in so doing, one of the few remaining one-man GP practices in Edinburgh is closing. The report revealed that the practice has been run by just four doctors since 1875. Donald intends to begin his retirement working as a tour guide in the Highlands. Staying with health, the Evening News carried a report on Lord Dennis Stevenson (50-58) who spoke at the With Scotland's Health in Mind conference in Glasgow. Dennis, who is chairman of HBOS, told of his first significant episode of depression 12 years ago, saying that "if people like me, in a position of privilege, don't talk about it, what hope do other people have?"
The Scotsman on 9th October carried an article entitled 'Manners from Heaven', discussing whether women should still be 'treated as ladies'. Speaking in support of good manners was Accie Roddy Martine (60-65), regretting the few situations when his natural courtesy to the fairer sex had been spurned. Roddy used to write an etiquette column for the Scotsman.
In the social pages, Scotland on Sunday considered the wives and girlfriends of sportsmen (wags) and their Scottish opposite numbers (swags). Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Scots fared rather better than their English counterparts. Amongst the partners of rugby players (known as Scrummies, in case you want to know) mentioned in the article was Viv Mackay (96-98), wife of Mike Blair (86-99). Further from home, India Infoline carried a report on the star-studded launch of Vogue in India. Guests were escorted into the Marwar Hall in Jodhpur where Vogue archivist and author, Robin Muir (68-78) 'curated an exhibit of iconic images from fashion and reportage photography over the decades showcasing Vogue's love affair with India'.
With the rugby world cup over, there seems to have been less news of Accies in the sports pages recently, though on the 18th of the month, the Scotsman brought the good news that David Callam (87-91) expects to be back in action as early as next month, after undergoing knee surgery. He had been warned that if he played on with the problem, he could expect to face a long-term lay-off. There have also been several entries for David Blair (90-03), who has teamed up with brother Mike (86-99) as fly-half for Edinburgh.
The Scotsman's letters pages yielded two from Accies in October. First, Professor Fenton Robb (38-39) was questioning the ethics of the Scottish Executive in offering tax-payers' money to subsidise uneconomic investment in the field of renewable energy. Secondly, Nicky Campbell (66-78), who last month appeared in a BBC programme on adoption, was trying to set the record straight that the point of the programme (and indeed the whole series) was that his adoptive parents are his real mum and dad.
To the spoken word and Tam Dalyell (39-41) was back on Radio 4 on 28th October. On The World this Weekend, he was discussing again the West Lothian Question, raised this time by one-time Scottish MP, Malcolm Rifkind. Tam's conclusion was that this was an issue that Gordon Brown will have to confront at some stage.
And lastly, to television… Magnus Moodie (67-79) was a contestant on BBC2's Mastermind in the programme broadcast on 8th October. He scored 22 points and came third (the winner had 26 points). His specialist subject was 'the World War series of novels by Harry Turtledove' and his occupation was given as 'solicitor'. It is maybe worth mentioning that this is not his first appearance on a TV quiz programme. He was on University Challenge in the early eighties. Although no Accies have, to our knowledge, appeared in the current series of University Challenge, the last one featured two, Nicholas Duvall (92-05) for Durham and Giulia Galastro (01-03) for Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Both Nicholas and Giulia are graduates of the Academy's Schools Challenge quiz team.
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