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Colin MacDonald was born in 1956 in Inverness, Scotland. He is a prolific writer for television and radio. Television credits include The Dunroamin' Rising , The Gift , The Wreck on the Highway , Sharpe's Honour and episodes in the series Blue Murder , Heartbeat , Casualty , and Para Handy .
Colin MacDonald may refer to: Colin MacGilp MacDonald, British historian and author. Colin MacDonald (writer), Scottish writer. Colin MacDonald (musician) (born 1978), lead singer of The Trews. Colin MacDonald (politician) (1890–1975), Australian politician.
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Colin MacGilp MacDonald was born in Glasgow in 1882. After graduating from school, MacDonald went up to study Classics at the University of St Andrews. On 11 July 1914 he was awarded a D.Litt. from the University of St Andrews in addition to his M.A. degree.As a scholar of the day, MacDonald was classically trained to read and speak Latin. Over the...
Later in life he took up teaching Latin and history to students in Scotland and the United Kingdom. Before the end of his life, MacDonald dedicated himself to teaching Latin, history, and philosophy to many students in schools around Dunoon and Glasgow in Scotland.[citation needed]
MacDonald published books and historical monographs on the history of early and medieval Britain, and in particular Scotland and the Gaelic speaking peoples.MacDonald's writing was authoritative and provided thoroughly-researched histories of Britain and Scotland. Many of his books remain in print today and are still used in universities around the...
The works of MacDonald represent an important turning point in Scottish history and provide some of the most comprehensive research on the life, culture, and languages of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. His work is buttressed by thorough use of original sources and first-hand accounts from elder highlanders who were unable to write in Englis...
The writer Colin MacDonald was born and brought up in Sutherland and Caithness in the Scottish Highlands. He is a prolific writer for screen, radio and stage. He also tutors and mentors at Scotland's Screen Academy.
A prolific writer for radio, his credits for BBC Radio 4 include: The Penalty, The Whole Of The Moon (two series), The Bones Boys, Killing The Butterfly, Hill of Rains, Hossack’s Child, The Colour of Summer and Calum’s Road starring Ian McDiarmid and Bryan Dick.
Colin MacDonald has 20 books on Goodreads with 37 ratings. Colin MacDonald’s most popular book is 101 Illustrated Analysis Bedtime Stories.
Written by Colin MacDonald and narrated by Jack Lowden, An Eye For A Killing tells the gripping story of Scotland’s most notorious serial killers William Burke and William Hare, who in 1828, murdered 16 people. Colin went back to original trial records and witness statements to cast light on the lives of the victims, and to discover why only ...
