Quote of the day
They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.
George Mackay Brown

Born: October 17, 1921
Died: April 13, 1996 (aged 74)
Bio: George Mackay Brown was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist, whose work has a distinctly Orcadian character. He is considered one of the great Scottish poets of the 20th century.
Known for:
- Beside the Ocean of Time (1994)
- Greenvoe (1972)
- Hawkfall
- Six lives of Fankle the cat (1980)
- Portrait of Orkney (1981)






