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  • THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MONEY
    RAY PERMAN
    It started and ended with a financial catastrophe. The Darien disaster of 1700 drove Scotland into union with England, but spawned the institutions which transformed Edinburgh into a global financial centre. The crash of 2008 wrecked the city’s two largest and oldest banks – and its reputation.  In the three intervening centuries, Edinburgh became a hothouse of financial innova...

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  • THE MAN WHO GAVE AWAY HIS ISLAND
    RAY PERMAN
    In 1938 John Lorne Campbell bought the Hebridean isle of Canna. He wanted to prevent it becoming a rich man's playground (like so many other islands and Highland estates), to preserve a part of traditional Gaelic culture and show that efficient farming methods could be compatible with wildlife conservation and sustainability. But his determination to get the island left him bur...

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