Celebrity items up for grabs to help language

Published on Friday 11 July 2008 10:21

TOILETRIES from Hollywood star Alan Cumming and shoes worn by actress Siobhan Redmond are up for grabs as part of a charity auction.

The unusual items are going under the hammer to raise money for an Edinburgh-based organisation which promotes research into the Scots language.

Scottish Language Dictionaries will also auction off items from actor Brian Cox, TV presenter Kirsty Young and Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane.

Cumming provided the organisation with a box of signed toiletries from his own cosmetics range, while Redmond donated the shoes she wore while portraying Elizabeth I in the play Mary Stuart.

The items are all being sold on internet auction site eBay, with proceeds going to help the Scottish Arts Council-supported organisation.

Scottish Language Dictionaries, which is a registered charity, carries out research into the Scots language, as well as producing a range of Scots dictionaries.

Among the other prizes being auctioned are dinner for six cooked by comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli, a signed Ronnie Corbett autobiography and a rare One Foot in the Grave T-shirt signed by the show's star, Richard Wilson.