{"id":6444,"date":"2024-08-26T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=6444"},"modified":"2024-08-25T22:57:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T21:57:41","slug":"scots-language-awards-2024-hugh-mcmillan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/scots-language-awards-2024-hugh-mcmillan\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Language Awards 2024: Hugh Mcmillan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Weel duin tae Hugh Mcmillan wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Book o the Year sponsored by Scottish Book Trust in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Cumnock Toon Ha, Cumnock in pairtnership wi East Ayrshire Cooncil on 14th September at 7pm. Tickets fir the ceremony are available tae buy here: https:\/\/eastayrshireleisure.com\/events\/scots-language-awards\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n

We askit Hugh Mcmillan o Hugh Mcmillan thae speirins. <\/p>\n

Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit.<\/strong>
\nScriever for mair than thirty five years. Weel kent and weel published. Frae Dumfries an Galloway<\/p>\n

Whit wis it got ye involvit wi the Scots leid?<\/strong>
\nMa faither\u2019s fowk were miners anused the Scots leid, ma mither\u2019s fowk were gaels. Ak was brocht up spikking English but have been tryin ower the years tae use oor native leids in ma work<\/p>\n

Why dae ye feel it is important tae use Scots in everyday life?<\/strong>
\nIt is yin o the twa historic leids o oor country<\/p>\n

Dae ye hae a favourite Scots phrase or saying?<\/strong>
\nMony a mickle maks a muckle<\/p>\n

Is there a Scots speaker who inspires you?<\/strong>
\nWillie Neill wis aye an inspiration<\/p>\n

Do you hear Scots spoken regularly in your local area? Have you noticed any changes over time?<\/strong>
\nAye in mony pairts o D and G scots is still the chosen leid<\/p>\n

Ony particlar career heighlichts<\/strong>
\nMa buiks, workin as pairt o the gallus Drunk Muse editorial team<\/p>\n

Wha’s yer plans fir the days aheid?<\/strong>
\nAhm workin on a project aboot John Keat\u2019s stravaig through Scotland in 1818<\/p>\n

Read more about Hugh Mcmillan<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/hughmcmillanwriter.co.uk<\/a>
\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hughmcmillan<\/a>
\nTwitter: https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@shugmcmillan<\/a>
\nInstagram: http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Cumnock Toon Ha, Cumnock on 14th September at 7pm. Tickets are available to buy here: https:\/\/eastayrshireleisure.com\/events\/scots-language-awards\/<\/a> There wull be some grand entertainmint oan the nicht tae, includin a recital fae Billy Kay, Susie Briggs, alang wi musical performances fae Claire Hastings an S\u00e8an Gray.<\/p>\n

If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians please consider supporting our Patreon<\/a> campaign. We have 3 tiers starting at $1 a month and everything helps support us in our work. Read more at www.patreon.com\/handsupfortrad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weel duin tae Hugh Mcmillan wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Book o the Year sponsored by Scottish Book Trust in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! The Scots Language Awards are in the Cumnock Toon Ha, Cumnock in pairtnership wi East Ayrshire Cooncil on 14th September at 7pm. Tickets fir the ceremony are available […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nominee2024","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/files\/2024\/08\/D2E863A8-BA77-492E-AD73-D92DEB4FBCA5-scaled.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phaZzh-1FW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6446,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6444\/revisions\/6446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}