The look became dottier and dottier, until it morphed into a kind of homeless masquerade, one that was accented by subtle luxuries like a cashmere muffler, a Balenciaga lariat bag and of course ...
On the dottier wing was the Hartlepool-born novelist Compton Mackenzie who, abetted by Hugh MacDiarmid, hoped to form Clann Albain (Children of Alba), pledging to do all they could to wrest power ...