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Poker Club

January 30th, 2007
The Poker Club was a club during the Scottish Enlightenment, membered by the elite literati of the time. During the time of the Scottish Enlightenment a number of academic clubs sprung up around Scotland. While some were solely based on the idea of sh… more »
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Irvine Welsh

December 3rd, 2006
Irvine Welsh is a popular contemporary Scottish writer. When you imagine something that brings fame to Scotland, it is easy to divulge into the past, the Scottish Enlightenment, William Wallace ... Yet there are numerous examples of things and peop… more »
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