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Frederic Lindsay (12 August 1933 – 31 May 2013) was a Scottish crime writer, who was born in Glasgow and lived in Edinburgh. He was a full-time writer from 1979 and previously worked as a lecturer, teacher and library assistant. He was active in a number of literary organisations including the Society of Authors, International PEN (a worldwide writers' association promoting freedom of expression) and the Scottish Arts Council. In addition to novels he also wrote for TV, radio and the theatre. Two of his novels have been made into films. DI Jim Meldrum series Lindsay wrote eight novels over the course of eleven years featuring Detective Inspector Jim Meldrum, an officer with Lothian and Borders Police, as their main protagonist. He was originally intended as a one-off study into the fate of a whistleblower and the personal cost of integrity. But Lindsay's publishers at the time, Hodder and Stoughton, commissioned further works and so the series was born. The Meldrum b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish People
Scottish people or Scots (; ) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the Scotland in the Early Middle Ages, early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or ''Kingdom of Alba, Alba'') in the 9th century. In the following two centuries, Celtic-speaking Hen Ogledd, Cumbrians of Kingdom of Strathclyde, Strathclyde and Germanic-speaking Anglo-Saxons, Angles of Northumbria became part of Scotland. In the Scotland in the High Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, during the 12th-century Davidian Revolution, small numbers of Normans, Norman nobles migrated to the Lowlands. In the 13th century, the Norse-Gaels of the Kingdom of the Isles, Western Isles became part of Scotland, followed by the Norsemen, Norse of the Northern Isles in the 15th century. In modern usage, "Scottish people" or "Scots" refers to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Caton-Jones
Michael Caton-Jones (born Michael Jones; 15 October 1957) is a Scottish director and producer of film and television. Biography Caton-Jones grew up in Broxburn, near Edinburgh. He moved to London and squatted in Stoke Newington. He attended the National Film and Television School. He was instrumental in casting Leonardo DiCaprio in his first major film role in This Boy's Life (1993). In October 2017, Caton-Jones told BuzzFeed News that he was forced from the production of the 1998 crime drama film '' B. Monkey'' when he refused to fire lead actress Sophie Okonedo, who producer Harvey Weinstein had deemed was not "fuckable". Weinstein told '' Variety'' that Caton-Jones left the production due to "creative differences". Michael Radford was hired to replace Caton-Jones and Okonedo was replaced by Asia Argento. Argento was one of three women who in 2017 told ''The New Yorker'' she had been rape Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse, or other f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Male Novelists
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish identity and common culture *Scottish people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland * Scots language, a West Germanic language spoken in lowland Scotland *Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn), a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn known as ''the Scottish'' See also *Scotch (other) *Scotland (other) *Scots (other) *Scottian (other) *Schottische The schottische is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia. It was popular in Victorian-era ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk-dance craze and left its traces in folk music of countries such as Argentina (Spanish ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ca:Escocès ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Scottish Novelists
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Scottish Novelists
List of Scottish novelists is an incomplete alphabetical list of Scottish novelists. It includes novelists of all genres writing in English, Scots, Gaelic or any other language. Novelists writing in the Scottish tradition are part of the development of the novel in Scotland. This is a subsidiary list to the List of Scottish writers. A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T U W See also *List of novelists Well-known authors of novels, listed by country: Afghanistan * Aliyeh Ataei (born 1981) * Khaled Hosseini (born 1965) * Jamil Jan Kochai (born 1992) * Akram Osman (1937–2016) * Nemat Sadat (born 1979) * Rahnaward Zaryab (1944–2020) Alb ... * List of Scottish science fiction writers References {{DEFAULTSORT:Scottish novelists Lists of British writers Novelists Lists of novelists by nationality Novelists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Crime Fiction Writers
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish identity and common culture *Scottish people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland * Scots language, a West Germanic language spoken in lowland Scotland *Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn), a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn known as ''the Scottish'' See also *Scotch (other) *Scotland (other) *Scots (other) *Scottian (other) *Schottische The schottische is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia. It was popular in Victorian-era ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk-dance craze and left its traces in folk music of countries such as Argentina (Spanish ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ca:Escocès ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Deaths
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1933 Births
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Dolph Lundgren
Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (, ; born 3 November 1957) is a Swedish actor, filmmaker, and martial artist. Lundgren made his acting debut in 1985 with a cameo in the List of James Bond films, James Bond film ''A View to a Kill''. Also that year, he had his breakthrough in Sylvester Stallone's ''Rocky IV'', in which he played the lead villain as the imposing Soviet Union, Soviet boxer Ivan Drago. Lundgren went on to play lead roles in over 80 action-oriented films including ''Masters of the Universe (1987 film), Masters of the Universe'' (1987), ''Red Scorpion'' (1988), ''The Punisher (1989 film), The Punisher'' (1989), ''I Come in Peace'' (1990), ''Showdown in Little Tokyo'' (1991), ''Joshua Tree (1993 film), Joshua Tree'' (1993), ''Men of War (film), Men of War'' (1994), ''Silent Trigger'' (1996), and ''Blackjack (1998 film), Blackjack'' (1998). He continued playing villainous roles, most notably as Sergeant Andrew Scott in three ''Universal Soldier (film series), Universal Soldier'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hickox
Anthony Hickox (30 January 1959 – October 2023) was an English film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter. Hickox was best known for his work in the horror genre, with films like '' Waxwork'' and its sequel, '' Waxwork II: Lost in Time'', '' Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat'', '' Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth'', and '' Warlock: The Armageddon''. He directed a 1997 film adaptation of the long-running '' Prince Valiant'' comic strip starring Stephen Moyer as the eponymous character. Early life and education Hickox was born on 30 January 1959 in Hampstead, London to a family of filmmakers. He was the eldest son of the director Douglas Hickox and Academy Award-winning editor Anne V. Coates and elder brother of editor Emma E. Hickox and James D.R. Hickox. He was also a great-nephew of J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, head of The Rank Organisation. Hickox was educated at Aiglon College in Switzerland. Career After starting as a club promoter in London, Hickox went t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cosmo
James Ronald Gordon Copeland (born 1947), known professionally as James Cosmo, is a Scottish actor. Known for his character work, he has played supporting roles in films such as '' Highlander'' (1986), ''Braveheart'' (1995), '' Trainspotting'' (1996), ''Troy'' (2004), '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' (2005), '' Ben-Hur'' (2016), and ''Wonder Woman'' (2017). On television, he appeared as Father Kellan Ashby on the third season of '' Sons of Anarchy'' (2010), Jeor Mormont on HBO's ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2013), Farder Coram in the BBC series '' His Dark Materials'' (2019), and Luka Gocharov on the third season of Amazon Prime's '' Jack Ryan'' (2022). Cosmo appeared as a contestant on the nineteenth series of '' Celebrity Big Brother'' in 2017, finishing in fourth place. Early life Cosmo is the son of actor James Copeland and Helen Goodlet Findlay. He attended Hartfield Primary School in Dumbarton. Through his father, young James pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
