Putting a face to the age of democracy

From: Scotland on Sunday | Date: April 7, 2002| Author: KATIE GRANT | Copyright information

HOW we love polls of the greatest this and that. The latest is being run by the Stalinist-sounding Scran, the Scottish Cultural Resource Access Network. It purports to reveal who we, the punters, think were the 100 greatest Scots of the 20th century. You do not have to be dead to qualify for this honour. High on the list comes Ewan McGregor, born in 1971.

The point of this particular poll is not quite as nonsensical as most. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery wants to extend the f...

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