A carved head of a dog, one of many on the Scott Monument in Edinburgh. It possibly represents Scott's own favourite dog Maida, a crossbreed from a Pyrenean Wolfhound and a Highland Deerhound.

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King Dan & the King’s man: Daniel O’Connell & Sir Walter Scott

Dan Mulhall compares 2 towering 19th-century figures: Ireland’s Daniel O’Connell & Scotland’s Sir Walter Scott. But where Scott helped preserve & define Scottish identity through history, literature & tradition, O’Connell was above all a practical political reformer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J94G6Utlek

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Call for papers
Politics, Place & Print Culture: The 14th International Walter Scott Conference
28–30 June 2027, University of Edinburgh

The conference invites papers on any & all aspects of Walter Scott’s relationship to questions of politics, place & print culture

Deadline for proposals: 1 Oct 2026

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https://www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6395

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“Stephen,” said Sir John, still in the same soft, sleekit tone of voice—“Stephen Stevenson, or Steenson, ye are down here for a year’s rent behind the hand—due at last term.”

—from “Wandering Willie’s Tale”, by Walter Scott: just what lengths do you have to go to to convince a landlord that you’ve paid the rent?

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Dr Gerard McKeever – Scotch Novels

Recorded on 4 September 2025 at the Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club.
Dr Gerard McKeever, lecturer in modern Scottish literature at the University of Edinburgh, speaks about Walter Scott’s relationship with Scotland, particularly through the lens of his so-called “Scotch Novels”.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twvrXYw1Sus

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We did a trip to #Abbotsford house, the home of Sir Walter Scott. He was one of the most famous scottish writers of his time and wrote books like Ivanhoe or Rob Roy. Indeed, you still feel his presence in the house.

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The Battle of Waterloo was fought #OTD, 18 June, 1815. Walter Scott visited the battlefield shortly after; his 1816 book PAUL’S LETTERS TO HIS KINSFOLK contains one of the earliest accounts of the aftermath, & is an important early example of war journalism

https://theconversation.com/walter-scott-war-journalism-from-the-waterloo-battlefield-43304

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