Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Compton Mackenzie
Born: January 17, 1883
Died: November 30, 1972 (aged 89)
Bio: Sir Compton Mackenzie was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist.
Known for:
- Whisky Galore (1947)
- The Monarch of the Glen (1941)
- Sinister Street (1913)
- The Highland Omnibus
- Vestal Fire (1927)