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“In all those years, that was 1987, and we’re now 26 years later, it’s the first I’ve heard of it.” Those were the words of the late Ken Eller in 2013, perhaps the most extraordinary moment in the 35 years we’ve conducted interviews. We had reunited former Clan MacFarlane pipers
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In his second piece, top-tier piper and computer scientist Colin Johnstone looks at how AI might augment or even...
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Malahide, Northern Ireland – May 11, 2002 – Northern Ireland’s Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band won...
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