The great celebrator of the Cairngorms has long been overlooked. Charlotte Peacock finally redresses the balance. Fiona Sampson The Spectator View of the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland (image: iStock) The Spectator, 6 January 2018, 9:00 AM ‘It’s a grand thing to get leave to live’, perhaps the most famous line Nan Shepherd wrote, is carved …
The night of Charlotte Peacock‘s talk on Nan Shepherd was indeed ‘baltic’, as Bookmark owner Margery Marshall said. Despite that, well over a hundred people turned out to the event in Grantown on Spey. Writer and photographer Chris Townsend has written a post on his blog about the evening organised by The Bookmark which was the highlight …
Review: Into The Mountain: A Life Of Nan Shepherd, by Charlotte Peacock STUART KELLY Published: 12:19 Thursday 26 October 2017 The Scotsman The image of Nan Shepherd which now graces a £5 bank note is a curious one. She looks as if she is in fancy-dress as a Native American, or a flapper more concerned …
