
Roger Cox
Editor and Columnist at The Scotsman
Outdoors columnist on The Scotsman newspaper. See also @indoorscots, and now on Bluesky at https://t.co/p9panbi3Kx
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3 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | Roger Cox
A selection of Scotsman stories from the last 20 years forms the basis of a new book celebrating Scotland’s unique surf culture This October it will be 20 years since I wrote my first story about surfing for The Scotsman and, with the benefit of hindsight, I can see I probably have Torness Nuclear Power Station to thank for my big break.
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3 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | Roger Cox
The Scotsman has been proud to cover the Edinburgh festivals since they began in 1947, and as the festivals have grown, our coverage has grown too. We are not aware of any other daily newspaper, anywhere in the world, which produces a greater volume of professional arts criticism in a single month than we do in a typical August. This summer, we’re planning to bring you as much of the magic as we possibly can via our team of specialist writers. You can find out more about our reviewers below.
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1 month ago |
scotsman.com | Roger Cox
Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous visit to the Cévennes could have been very different if he’d turned right instead of left at a critical moment, writes Roger CoxIn late September 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson set off on a 12-day hike through south-central France, starting in Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille in the Haute-Loire and ending up in Saint-Jean-du-Gard, about 200km to the south. His travelling companion was a donkey called Modestine who, it’s fair to say, didn’t always make life easy for him.
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1 month ago |
scotsman.com | Roger Cox
With 11,000 miles of coastline it’s little wonder that Scotland’s artists have a history of responding to the sea, but this month aquatic art seems to be everywhere you look, writes Roger CoxI’ve often thought that somebody somewhere should curate an all-singing, all-dancing, centuries-spanning exhibition of Scottish sea art.
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1 month ago |
scotsman.com | Roger Cox
Having climbed Everest twice and skied solo to the South Pole Mollie Hughes knows a thing or two about bouncing back from difficult situations, and in her new book Breathe she shares some of what she’s learned. Interview by Roger Cox There is a scene in Breathe, the new book by adventurer Mollie Hughes, which manages to be both achingly poignant and laugh-out-loud funny. It’s December 2019, and Hughes is in the early stages of a record-breaking attempt to ski solo to the South Pole.
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