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by Chris Bambery


  Littlewood, Joan, 237

  Liverpool, 228

  Livingstone, David, 118

  Lloyd George, David, 147, 148–9, 153, 158, 166, 167, 172, 174

  Loch, James, 111

  Lochaber, 8

  Lochgelly, 207, 264

  Lochhead, Liz, 281, 284, 285

  Lochmaben, 24

  Londragan, John, 203

  Long, Herbert Kingsley, 192

  Longannet, 247

  Loudon Castle, 72

  Loudon, Flora, Countess of, 72

  Loudon Hill, battle of, 25

  Louis XVI, King of France, 88

  Lynch, Michael, 119

  Mac Bethad, 13

  Mac Colla, Alasdair, 43–4

  McAllion, John, 274

  MacAlpin, Kenneth, 10, 11

  McAlpine, Mhairi, 312–13

  MacAlpine, Robin, 319

  MacArthur, Alexander, 192

  McArthur, John, 180–1, 184, 185, 186

  MacBeath, Jimmy, 237

  Macbeth, 9, 13

  McCartney, Garry, 201–2

  MacColl, Ewan, 126, 237, 238, 239, 243

  McColl, Jim, 317

  McCormack, John, 264

  MacCormick, John, 212–13, 231

  McCulloch, Sir Godfrey, 60

  McCulloch, Liz, 297

  McDade, Alex, 206

  MacDiarmid, Hugh, 158, 207, 212, 213, 214–19, 230–1, 238, 239

  McDonald, Rev. Alan, 295

  McDonald, Alexander, 126, 135

  MacDonald, Allan, 78

  MacDonald, Flora, 67, 78

  MacDonald, Margo, 252, 310

  Macdonald, Mary, 114–15

  MacDonald, Ramsay, 143, 168–9, 170, 187–88, 194, 195

  MacDougall, James, 152, 178

  MacDougall, James D., 159

  MacDowell, Kevin, 213

  MacFarlane, D. H., 115

  McFarlane, Helen, 106

  McGahey, Michael, 247, 260–1, 262–3

  McGrath, John, 237, 281

  MacGregor, Bryan, 307

  MacGregor, Ian, 262

  MacGregor, Jimmie, 289

  MacHaughton, Adam, 92–3

  McIlvanney, William, 275, 279, 287

  McKay, Tom, 197

  Mackenzie, Alexander, 110–11, 111

  Mackenzie, Compton, 282

  Mackintosh, Charles Fraser, 114

  MacLaren, Ian, 133

  MacLean, Agnes, 224–5

  MacLean, Iain, 156

  Maclean, John, 141, 145–6, 148, 150, 152, 158, 158–63, 178, 190, 195, 216–17, 241, 281, 324–5, 325

  MacLean, Sorley, 114

  Macleod, Rev. George, 233

  MacMahon, John Lincoln, 139

  Macmillan, Harold, 233

  McNaughton, Jill, 297

  McNee, David, 246

  McNeill, Brian, 289

  Macpherson, Colin, 230

  MacRae, John, 113

  McRory, Fr Patrick, 172

  McShane, Harry, 195–7, 229, 325

  MacWhirter, Ian, 273

  Maid of Norway, the, 19

  Major, John, 30, 256, 274, 279, 287

  Malcolm II, King, 12

  Malcolm III Canmore, King, 13, 16

  Malcolm IV, King, 13

  Mann, Tom, 137–8

  Mannix, Daniel, 171

  Manpower Bill, 153

  Manson, John, 215

  Mar, Earl of, 58

  Margaret, Queen, 13, 16

  Margarot, Maurice, 89–90, 92–3

  Markievicz, Constance, 161, 170, 191

  Marlborough, Duke of, 57

  Marx, Karl, 104, 106

  Mary of Guise, 29, 33, 34–5

  Mary, Queen, 49–50, 52

  Mary, Queen of Scots, 29, 33, 35–6, 38

  Mason, Bob, 205–6

  Matheson, Sir James, 112

  Maxton, James, 151–52, 168–9, 194

  Maxwell, Sir Robert, 60

  Maxwell, Sir William, 60

  Maxwell-Scott, Sir Walter, 207

  Mealmaker, George, 91

  Meikleriggs Moor, 94–5

  Meillet, Leo, 139

  Mellerstain House, 72

  Melville, Andrew, 39

  Merseyside, 157

  Methil Council of Action, 180–1, 184

  Methven, 24

  Miller, Walter, 91

  Milligan, Margaret, 227–8

  Miners Federation of Great Britain, 178, 179, 179–87

  Mines Act 1845, 125

  Mitchison, Naomi, 207

  Moffat, Abe, 181, 225

  Moffatt, Alexander, 288

  Moira, Second Earl of, 72

  Monaghan, Helen, 258–9

  Monklands, 102–3

  Monktonhall, 261

  Monquhitter, 54

  Mons Graupius, battle of, 4–5

  Montrose, Marquis of, 43–4

  Moore, Christy, 126–7

  Moore, Sarah, 187

  Moray, 12, 14

  Moray, Andrew de, 21

  Moray Firth, the, 5

  Morgan, Edwin, 280

  Morgan, Gordon, 310

  Morrie, Mary, 98–9

  Morris, William, 137

  Morton, John, 87

  Morville, Hugh de, 14

  Mosley, Sir Oswald, 201–4

  Mosson, Alex, 295

  Motherwell, 135–6, 182, 193, 226, 267, 290–1

  Muir, Edwin, 193, 207, 218

  Muir, John, 150

  Muir, Thomas, 81, 85, 86, 87–9, 91, 239, 270

  Muir, Wilda, 207

  Munitions Act, 148–9

  Munro, Donald, 112

  Munzer, Thomas, 34

  Murphy, J. T., 157

  Murray, Annie, 205

  Murray, Lord George, 64, 65, 66

  Murray, Jessie, 237

  Musselburgh, 58, 226

  Mynyddog, King, 7–8

  Nairn, Tom, 119, 279

  National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights, 119–20

  National Covenant, the, 39, 41–2

  National Memorial to Wallace, 18

  National Unemployed Workers Movement (NUWM), 194–8, 208, 241–2

  National Union of Railwaymen, 181, 217

  Neilsland, 132

  Netherlaw, 61

  Neuberger, Rabbi Julia, 283

  New Dawn, 209–10

  Newcastle upon Tyne, 15, 42, 100–1, 269

  Njeri, Rebecca, 298

  North Lochinver Estate, 307

  Northallerton, battle of, 15

  Northumbria, 13

  NUM strike, 1984–85, 260–6

  O’Brien, Bronterre, 100

  O’Connor, Feargus, 82, 100

  O’Donnell, Peadar, 191

  O’Mahaney, Linda, 299

  Orange Order, 129–31, 173

  Orkneys, the, 3, 6, 11, 12, 14, 220

  Orr, John Boyd, 193, 226

  Osborne, Debbie, 278–9

  Oswald, Mary, née Ramsey, 77–8

  Oswald, Richard, 77

  Oswiu, King of Northumbria, 10

  Paine, Tom, 80, 85

  Paisley, 63, 78, 94–5, 96, 101, 103, 104, 152, 154, 322

  Paisley Express, 156

  Palmer, Thomas Fyshe, 92–3

  Panama, 54–5

  Pankhurst, Christabel, 189–90, 190

  Pankhurst, Emmeline, 188, 189–90

  Pankhurst, Sylvia, 189, 191

  Parnell, Charles Stewart, 113, 128

  Pearce, William, 131

  Perkins, Carol Ann, 291

  Perth, 14, 26, 34, 35, 45, 58, 66–7, 78, 86, 87, 91, 98, 188–9

  Perthshire, 11, 108, 322

  Peterhead Prison, 161

  Peterloo Massacre, the, 94

  Peters, Thomas, 78

  Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline, 190

  Picts, 5–6, 8–9, 10–11

  Pike Plot, the, 91

  Pinkie, battle of, 33

  Pirrie, Lord, 164

  Pitt, William, the Younger, 71, 87, 90

  Plean, 186

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bsp; Polmaise Colliery, 261–2, 266

  Port Glasgow, 62–3

  Portmahomack, 8

  Preston, battle of, 58, 60

  Prestonpans, 90

  Prestonpans, battle of, 64

  Proclaimers, the, 256

  Proteus, USS, 233–7

  Proudfoot, David, 180, 181

  Quail, Brian, 269, 301

  Quin, Sarah, 98–9

  Quinn, Linda, 249

  Radical War of 1820, 93–7

  Rae, Jane, 175

  Rafferty, Gerry, 290

  Randolph, Sir Thomas, 26

  Rankin, Ian, 284, 287, 300

  Ratcliffe, Alexander, 200

  Ravenscraig, 263–4, 264–5

  Reader, Seamus, 171

  Reform Act, 1832, 97–8

  Reid, Agnes, 124

  Reid, Craig, 291

  Reid, Janet Kerr, 175

  Reid, Jimmy, 227, 245, 248, 325

  Reid, Thomas, 75

  Renfrew, 95

  Renfrewshire, 93, 183

  Rent Restriction Act 1915, 146

  Renwick, James, 48–9

  Reynolds, Hugh, 186

  Rheged, 7

  Richard III, King of England, 28

  Riddoch, Lesley, 306

  Robert I, the Bruce, 18, 20, 21, 23–8, 29

  Robert II, King, 29

  Robert III, King, 29

  Robertson, Catherine, 258–9

  Robertson, Jeannie, 237

  Robroyston, 22

  Roman Empire, the, 4–7

  Roseberry, Earl of, 120

  Rosie, George, 276–7

  Ross, 108

  Ross and Cromarty, 165

  Rosyth naval dockyard, 154, 220, 221, 250

  Rothesay, 98

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 75

  Roxburgh, Earl of, 57

  Roxburgh Castle, 26, 29

  Royal Commission on Labour, 1892, 127

  Rullion Green, battle of, 47

  Runrig, 290

  Russian Revolution, 152–3, 240

  Sabatini, Tracy, 298

  Salmond, Alex, 294, 323–4

  Salveson, Alastair, 317

  Samuel Commission, the, 179

  Sands, Robert, 91

  Scargill, Arthur, 247, 262

  Scheu, Andreas, 139

  Scone Abbey, 24

  Scotland United, 274–7

  Scots Magazine, 282

  ‘Scots Wha Hae’ (Burns), 81–2

  Scotsman, 165, 168, 248–9, 314

  Scott, Alexander, 89–90

  Scott, Sir Walter, 25, 63, 68, 69, 70–1, 75, 97–8, 119, 217

  Scottish Enlightenment, the, 74–9

  Scottish Football Association, 120

  Scottish Friends of the People, 86

  Scottish Home Rule Association, 120, 136–7, 169, 215

  Scottish International, 280

  Scottish Land and Labour League, 137–8

  Scottish Land Reform Act 2003, 307

  Scottish National Party (SNP); birth of, 212–14, 215–16; devolution referendum, 1979, 253; elections, 2011, 294; first MP, 226; general election, 1974, 252; George Square rally, 274, 276; NATO commitment, 301; and oil, 251, 252; rise of, 231–3; and the Stop the War Coalition, 295–6; vision, 323–4; World War II, 225–6

  Scottish Trades Union Congress, 154

  Scottish Women’s Aid Federation, 254–5

  Scottish Workers Republican Party, 162

  Sellar, Patrick, 110–11

  Septimus Severus, Roman emperor, 5, 6

  Shand, Jimmy, 186

  Shaw, Donald, 290

  Sheffield, 151

  Sheridan, Tommy, 272

  Sheriffhall, 125

  Sheriffmuir, battle of, 59

  Shetland, 14, 165

  Shetlands, the, 11, 12

  Shinwell, Emmanuel, 157, 190

  Sillars, Jim, 272

  Sinclair, Charles, 89–90

  Sinn Fein, 170–1, 172

  Skara Brae, 3

  Skinner, Margaret ‘Peggy’, 214

  Skirving, William, 86, 89–90, 92, 92–3

  Skye, 113

  Sloan, Hugh, 197

  Smith, Adam, 75, 76

  Smith, Anne, 283

  Smith, Iain Crichton, 279

  Smith, John Mack, 233

  Smith, Morris, 204

  Smith, Sidney Goodsir, 216–17

  Smout, T. C., 54, 142

  Smyth, James J., 137

  Snowden, Ethel, 190

  Social Democratic Federation (SDF), 138–41

  Society for Effecting the Abolition of the

  Slave Trade, 78

  Somerled, 14

  Somerville, Alexander, 72–3, 97

  Soutar, Alexander, 239–40

  Soutar, William, 207

  Spain, 123

  Spanish Civil War, 204–8, 216

  Spence, Alan, 280

  Stafford, Lord, 109–11

  Steel, David, 254

  Stephens, Jessie, 189

  Sterne, Laurence, 77

  Stewart, Bob, 191

  Stewart, Charles Edward, 64–7, 78

  Stewart, Dugald, 75

  Stewart, James, Earl of Moray, 34

  Stirling, 14–15, 58, 63, 67

  Stirling Bridge, 18

  Stirling Bridge, battle of, 21–2, 92

  Stirling Castle, 23, 24, 26

  Stirling University, 248–9

  Stirlingshire, 181

  Stone, Norman, 270

  Stonehaven, 12

  Stoneyburn, 177

  Stop the War Coalition, 294–6, 299

  Stornoway, 166

  Strath of Kildonan, the, 109–11

  Strathaven, 5, 96

  Strathclyde, 7, 12, 14

  suffragettes, 188–91

  Sules, Ranulf de, 14

  Sutherland, 11

  Sutherland, Countess of, 109

  Tacitus, 5

  Tait, Harry, 280

  al-Tajir, Mahdi, 307, 317

  Tannochside, 132

  Tarbat Peninsula, 8

  Tarbrax, 143, 165

  Taylor, John, 245

  Taymouth Castle, 90

  Tennant, Charles, I, 123

  Tennant, Charles, II, 123, 124

  Tennant, John, 123

  Thankerton, 132

  Thatcher, Margaret, 76, 251, 253, 256–60, 287, 310, 318, 324; Caterpillar occupation, 266–8; death, 266; general election, 1987, 270–1, 271–2; legacy, 290–92; miners’ strike, 1984–5, 260–6; Poll Tax, 270–4; removal from office, 273; and Trident, 268–70

  Thirlestane House, 72

  Thompson, Margaret, 278

  Thomson, Emily, 312

  The Times, 175, 262

  Torrington, Jeff, 230, 280

  Torryburn, 53–4

  Trades Union Congress (TUC), 179–87

  Tranent, 90, 183

  Trevelyan, Charles, 112

  Trevlyn, Valda, 214

  Trotter, Alexander, 84

  Tyneside, 123, 124, 157

  Tytler, James, 87

  Uddingston Caterpillar occupation, 266

  Uddington, 308

  Ulaid, 8

  Ullapool, 108

  Ulster, 8

  Union, Act of, 56–9, 69–70

  Union of the Crowns, 39

  United Scotsmen, 90–1

  Victoria, Queen, 117, 121, 133

  Vikings, the, 11, 12

  Voltaire, 75

  Wade, General, 63, 64

  Wales, 7

  Wallace, Margaret, 258–9

  Wallace, William, 18, 20–3, 24

  Wallace Monument, 120

  Wallacestone, the, 92

  Watkins, Peter, 67

  Watson, the Rev. John, 133

  Watson, Stuart, 211

  Watt, Robert, 91

  Watters, George, 202

  Wedderburn, Robert, 32–3

  Weir, William, 123, 147, 149, 150

  Welsh, Irvine, 279, 282, 285–7

  West Calder, 187

  West Lothian, 129


  West of Scotland Female Powerloom Weavers Association, 98

  Wester Ross, 2, 11

  Western Isles, the, 12

  Whatley, Christopher, 63

  Wheatley, John, 127, 161, 168–9, 170, 174, 180, 212

  Wheeler, Albert, 261–2

  Whitby, Synod of, 9–10

  White, James, 254

  White, Rev. John, 173–4

  Wightman, Andy, 308–9

  Wilkes, John, 72

  Wilkinson, Ellen, 190

  William III, 49–50, 52, 55

  William IV, King, 98

  William the Conqueror, 13

  William the Lion, King, 13, 15

  Williamson, Kevin, 276, 279–80

  Wilson, Brian, 253, 271–2, 306

  Wilson, Harold, 233, 244, 250, 251, 252

  Wilson, James, 95–96, 96

  Wilson, Rab, 287–8

  Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow, 20

  Wishaw, 193

  Wood, Sir Ian, 317

  Woodburn, Arthur, 230

  Woods, William, 125

  Worker, The, 150

  World War I, 142–3, 151, 153, 159–60, 166, 190, 215, 240

  World War II, 165, 220–6, 243

  Yeoman, Louise, 106

  Young, Bob, 185

  Young, Douglas, 225–6

 

 

 


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