Roger Banks

Author, painter, journalist and harbour master at Crail; Born 1929; Died February 4, 2008. ROGER Banks, who has died aged 78, was a botanical artist, extensively published writer, period-house restorer, expert on the Antarctic and "harbour master emeritus" at Crail, the East Neuk of Fife fishing village. There he gained considerable notoriety for his habit of serving nervous dinner guests road kill and pates made from parts of various animals washed up on the beach.