Tom Devine with Allan Little | Rewriting Scotland’s History | Edinburgh International Book Festival

During the 20th century, Scotland commonly depicted its own history through the lens of a kind of colourful, tragicomic victimhood. This amounted to a tartan-clad story set against a Highland backdrop and a sense of national self-doubt that has sometimes been described as ‘the Scottish cringe’. Since the 1980s, however, that characterisation has changed, and Scotland has developed a more confident, modernised sense of its history and roots. Tom Devine can take considerable credit for this change: the most influential historian of our times, he has been instrumental in helping reframe the nation’s sense of itself. The Edinburgh University Professor of History and Paleogeography speaks to BBC journalist Allan Little about the changing nature of Scottish history. Using some of the most significant moments in Scotland’s story, from the ill-fated Darien Project of the late 17th century to the arrival of the Scottish Parliament two decades ago, Devine and Little discuss the ways in which Scottish history can be revisited to help us find a new sense of self. 📚 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 2021 📚 This event was part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2021, a hybrid book festival with a fabulous online programme of over 250 events for adults and children. If you enjoyed this event, find out ways you can support us here: https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/support-us Watch more events from the Book Festival 2021:    • 2021 Edinburgh Internatonal Book Festival   ▶️ SUBSCRIBE ▶️ Subscribe to our channel to be notified when our new videos are live and to watch more videos like this: youtube.com/user/edbookfest?sub_confi... 💬 FOLLOW 💬 Website: https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/ Facebook: https://bit.ly/3F7fWs0 Twitter: https://bit.ly/3JLmdwK Instagram: https://bit.ly/3HCoubO LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3JOagGQ