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Hugh McMillan (poet)
Hugh McMillan (born 1955) is a Scottish poet and short story writer. Background McMillan taught at Annan Academy then taught history in Dumfries Academy until he retired in 2013. He lives in Penpont. His pamphlet 'Postcards from the Hedge' was a winner of the Callum Macdonald Prize (2009), a prize he won again with another Roncadora pamphlet, 'Sheep Penned' in 2017, being made in consequence the Michael Marks Poet in Residence for the Harvard Summer School in Napflio, Greece. He was also a winner in the Smith Doorstep Poetry Prize and the Cardiff International Poetry Competition. His work 'Devorgilla's Bridge' was shortlisted for the Mich ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annan Academy
Annan Academy is a secondary school in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Annan, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The present school is the result of an amalgamation in 1921 of the original Annan Academy and Greenknowe Public School, although its history goes back to the 17th century. Behind the buildings are the school's sports playing fields which additionally play host to local fairs and other outdoor functions such as the annual national pipe band competition. Adjacent to the school's main car and coach park, which is situated at the front of the buildings, lies the Annan public swimming baths and associated car park. History The original Annan Academy, founded in 1802, was housed in a building in the town's Port St until 1820, when the council built new school premises in Ednam St. From there it moved to further new buildings in Greenknowe in 1840, and these were later replaced by larger ones with a distinctive bell-tower in 1895, which are still in use today and house the sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |