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From their roots in Dumfriesshire to Glasgow, Liverpool, London and South America, the McCalls have demonstrated a remarkable ability to adapt to the changing political and economic environment. Over a period of 270 years, they have responded to business opportunities and taken financial risks. They have enjoyed success and wealth as well as business failure and the need to seek pastures new. This book records the rollercoaster story of their ...

John Stuttard's experience of travel in the 50 years (1964 to 2014) was typical of many of his generation. Few countries and geographical areas were too dangerous or out of bounds. Travel was, relatively, much safer than it seems to be 50 years later when this book was written. The accounts of his foreign journeys provide a picture of the environment in which adventurous travel in the second half of the 20th Century could take place.

The accounts of Sir John Stuttard's many foreign journeys over a period of 50 years provide a fascinating picture of the environment in which adventurous travel in the second half of the 20th Century could take place.

John Rutter (1796-1851), was a man of many talents and achievements, a polymath who lived in Shaftesbury, North Dorset, at a time of great change in our society. He was an author, printer, publisher, social and political reformer, public servant, philanthropist and lawyer. He is one of those lost heroes of the past about whom little was known until now but about whom everything should have been known much sooner. An accomplished writer, he pri...

John Rutter (1796-1851), was a man of many talents and achievements, a polymath who lived in Shaftesbury, North Dorset, at a time of great change in our society. He was an author, printer, publisher, social and political reformer, public servant, philanthropist and lawyer. He is one of those lost heroes of the past about whom little was known until now but about whom everything should have been known much sooner. An accomplished writer, he pri...

A history of the City of London and its Lord Mayor