Lecture date for Campbell

FORMER independent MSP Campbell Martin will deliver this year's Hamish Henderson Memorial Lecture as part of the Edinburgh People's Festival.

The talk, named after the poet and founder of Edinburgh University's School of Scottish Studies, is in its third year and will take place at the Word Power Bookshop on West Nicholson Street on Wednesday evening.

People's Festival Chairman Colin Fox said: "This year Campbell Martin will assess the relevance of Hamish's core values of internationalism, support for independence and anti-imperialism. I am sure there are many people who admired Hamish, as I did, who will want to come along."