For more than 75 years, it honoured Scotland's finest writers and was supported by leading cultural figures.
For more than 75 years, it honoured Scotland's finest writers and was supported by leading cultural figures.
FOCUS: Jim Tough is relaunching the Saltire Society, which has given awards to authors Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead and Louise Welsh in the past. Main picture: Stewart Attwood
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Phil Miller Arts Correspondent
Now the Saltire Society is to relaunch itself in the heart of the artistic community with revamped awards, a new series of lectures and debates, and a return to the publication of pamphlets.
A recent report by Lord Cullen of Whitekirk found that the society, founded in 1936 in Edinburgh to "promote and celebrate the uniqueness of Scottish culture and Scotland's heritage", has a "lower public profile than was the case for much of its earlier existence". New director Jim Tough, formerly of the Scottish Arts Council, believes that, funded by a new endowment trust, the society can help a cultural stage dominated by the controversy over Creative Scotland.
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