Stirling revives makar role after 500 years
A SCOTTISH city is to appoint its first makar for almost 500 years, it was announced yesterday. Stirling Council will spend £1,500 on an official poet in the new year, the first in the city since William Dunbar during the reign of James IV. His publicly funded successor will pen poems for city events, celebrations, triumphs and tragedies, and "record everyday life".
Glasgow and Edinburgh already have makars, and former first minister Jack McConnell appointed Edwin Morgan Scotland's makar – or national poet laureate – in 2004.
The Stirling post will run for three years, with the poet paid a retainer of 500 a year.
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