The Dark Years
Poet Kenneth Steven remarks on the history of the Scottish Highlands.
The Essay · BBC Radio 3
February 19, 201813m 36s
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Show Notes
With its title drawn from an essential work by ARB Haldane, 'New Ways through the Glens' is Kenneth Steven's personal reflection on the changes brought to the people and landscape of the Scottish Highlands by the arrival of roads and canals in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In the first programme, he looks at the road-building programme of General Wade, who was determined to pacify the warring clans.