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February 3, 2023

The Pipemakers: Robert Reid pipes are rare and prized

Two of our greatest experts in the field: Jeannie Campbell MBE, the world’s authority on the history of bagpipe makers, and Jim McGillivray, a specialist in identifying the makers of antique Highland pipes, have collaborated to bring you this series. Campbell has written Highland Bagpipe Makers and More Highland...
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A piping whodunnit: the life and mysterious death of Archibald Ferguson, composer of “MacLean of Pennycross”
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Opinion: For the sake of the art and an audience, we need judging reform
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January 21, 2023

The Art of Losing: more insights and advice from three of our biggest winners on how they turn defeat into positives – Part 2

We continue and conclude our conversation with three of the world’s most successful competing pipers about their...
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Minnesota Piobaireachd Society launches the Skye K. Richendrfer Memorial Challenge Cup

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Iain Robertson, 1976-2023

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May 31, 2010
Torphichen out of gate quickly with victory at Dunbar
The "new" Torphichen & Bathgate got its 2010 season off to a fast start by winning the Grade 1 event at the Dunbar...
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