Colourful Scotland

by Robert Kemp

A photgraphic guide to the wonders of Scotland.

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Robert Kemp (1908 - 1967) was a Scottish journalist and playwright. He was the father of the journalist Arnold Kemp. Along with Tom Fleming and Lennox Milne, he was a founder of the Edinburgh Gateway Company (1953 - 1965).

He was born at Longhope in Orkney and educated at Robert Gordon's College and the University of Aberdeen.

Before turning to drama, he trained as a journalist with the Manchester Guardian. From the time he adapted Molière's L'Ecole des Femmes for the Scottish stage in 1947 he sought to promote a distinctly national drama, often employing Scots dialogue. In 1948, working with Tyrone Guthrie, he staged a revival of Scotland's first Scottish play, David Lyndsay's Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis and, also in 1948, he coined the phrase “Edinburgh Festival Fringe”.

Reviews

[Pearl · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is just a mishmash of photos, some not even with any kind of legend, no particular order. For a Scot, who knows their way around, it's usable. For what I don't know, but a Scot will at least know that Blair Atholl is not just outside Dumfries and Abbotsford is not a puddlejump away from the Isle of Skye. This was just a moneymaking tourist gimmick book and not a well thought out guide book, like it could have been

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad but I've lived here for 16 years, so it's time to say goodbye to this one.