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Genius in a provincial town: MacDiarmid's poetry and politics in Montrose (2004)
Journal Article
Lyall, S. (2004). Genius in a provincial town: MacDiarmid's poetry and politics in Montrose. Scottish studies review, 5(2), 41-55

Explores the ways in which the activities of Christopher Murray Grieve in Montrose, Scotland as a journalist with the "Montrose Review," helped in the finding of poet Hugh MacDiarmid. Examination of MacDiarmid's professional working life; Analysis of... Read More about Genius in a provincial town: MacDiarmid's poetry and politics in Montrose.

The Hardys and William Mathie Parker. (2004)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2003). The Hardys and William Mathie Parker. The bibliotheck : a journal of bibliographical notes and queries mainly of Scottish interest, 1, (25-39). ISSN 0006-193X

Impacts of the Olympic Games as mega-events (2004)
Journal Article
Malfas, M., Theodoraki, E., & Houlihan, B. (2004). Impacts of the Olympic Games as mega-events. Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, 157(3), 209-220. https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2004.157.3.209

Mega sporting events can be defined by their impacts and complexity in organisation and delivery. This paper reviews the literature on the features of such events and, drawing particular examples from recent Olympic Games, it identifies the nature an... Read More about Impacts of the Olympic Games as mega-events.

The transmutation of the ‘Old’ with the ‘New’ in the Modernist vision of Edgard Varèse (2004)
Journal Article
Davismoon, S. (2004). The transmutation of the ‘Old’ with the ‘New’ in the Modernist vision of Edgard Varèse. Contemporary Music Review, 23(1), (45-58). doi:10.1080/0749446042000204527. ISSN 0749-4467

In this paper, certain aspects of Varèse's life and work are discussed that have at times, I feel, been overemphasised, distorted, or even omitted, in order to lend greater weight to the depiction of him as a non-European (non-'Old World', non-tradit... Read More about The transmutation of the ‘Old’ with the ‘New’ in the Modernist vision of Edgard Varèse.

Edinburgh: the festival gaze and its boundaries (2004)
Journal Article
Jamieson, K. (2004). Edinburgh: the festival gaze and its boundaries. Space and Culture, 7(1), 64-75. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331203256853

This article examines the temporal and spatial boundaries of Edinburgh’s festival identity. It unravels Edinburgh’s festivals in terms of the spaces and identities they produce and their functions. Although there is no one definitive standpoint from... Read More about Edinburgh: the festival gaze and its boundaries.