250th anniversary celebration for Sir Walter Scott this month
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Sir Walter Scott
An international celebration of the 250th anniversary of the life and works of Sir Walter Scott is being launched this month.
On World Storytelling Day on March 20 the night sky at Smailholm Tower, in the Borders, will be lit up at an event organised by Abbotsford, Scott’s home near Melrose, and Eventscotland.
Scott was an advocate as well as an author and is widely regarded as the Faculty’s most celebrated member.
A long association between the Faculty and Abbotsford is continued through the Faculty of Advocates Abbotsford Collection Trust which has care of around 9,000 books in the house’s library and other items.
The event will also see the world premiere of a new short film of the Young Scott, created by video artist Andy McGregor.
Smailholm Tower is adjacent to Sandyknowe Farm where Scott lived as a boy, and his early experiences here were a great source of inspiration his whole life and fed into his novels, histories and folkloric works.
Contributions will be made from well-known faces, including Kirsty Wark, Brian Taylor, Diana Gabaldon, Damian Barr, and Professor Sir Tom Devine, as well as the release of the first in a series of videos of the Borders tales that inspired Scott.
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