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Issue 19 - Individual Articles

Telling their story
Interpreting the human stories of the Highland clearances presents both philosophical and practical challenges. Paul Hibberd looks at how Forestry Commission Scotland have tackled them.

The Interpreter's pineapple
Jackie Lee explores the rich world of costumed interpretation - and at how a pineapple can tell you a lot about 18th century social climbing.

Step this way...
Viola Lier gives top ten tips for debutant guided tour leaders.

Interpreters' soapbox
This new feature is for interpreters to let off steam about a subject dear to their hearts - anonymously! This issue, the vexed question of audiences...

Peeling back the layers
David Hopes, Project Curator at the NTS Burns Cottage Museum, describes how stripping off layers of paint may reveal more than just the fine detail of a statue.

The cradle of inspiration
How can the story of a birth relate to the story of a life? Mary Hudson considers how, as Wordsworth put it, the child is the father of the man - or woman.

A dram o'banter
Michael Glen tunes in to the spirit of Robert Burns to find out what he makes of being the centre of so much attention.

How long ago is the past?
Bob Powell ponders how living history can be kept up to date.

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