Heritage appeal to save Scots author Hugh MacDiarmid's home<br /><br />An appeal is underway to save the home of one of Scotland's greatest writers.<br />Hugh MacDiarmid is acknowledged as the central figure in the nation's literary renaissance during the first half of the 20th century.<br />The rural landscape around his home near Biggar, South Lanarkshire, inspired much of his work.<br />MacDiarmid, best known as a poet and political commentator, lived there for 27 years until his death, aged 86, in 1978.<br />Now urgent work is needed to upgrade Brownsbank Cottage so it can be retained for visitors and as a residence for up and coming Scottish writers.
