{"id":54284,"date":"2025-01-28T23:57:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/john-cairney-1930-2023-maggie-craig-scottish-writer\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T23:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:57:23","slug":"john-cairney-1930-2023-maggie-craig-scottish-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=54284","title":{"rendered":"John Cairney 1930-2023 \u2013 Maggie Craig \u2013 Scottish Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-38542\">\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38543 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiecraig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John-Cairney-as-Robert-Burns-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maggiecraig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John-Cairney-as-Robert-Burns-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.maggiecraig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John-Cairney-as-Robert-Burns.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">John Cairney as Robert Burns<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John Cairney was a charismatic Scottish actor, forever identified with his passionate and powerful portrayal of Robert Burns in his one man show, <em>There Was a Man.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I met him once, back in 1997, when we were both waiting for our respective editors at Mainstream Publishing in Edinburgh. He was warm, friendly and charming. I told him our family had also loved the 1960s TV series in which he starred as a rector\/heidie of a Scottish high school, <em>This Man Craig.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He told me he\u2019d recently flown back to Scotland from New Zealand, where he lived for a number of years. When he stepped into a taxi at Glasgow Airport, the driver recognized him. The conversation went like this:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Cairney? I thought you were deid!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I\u2019ve been living in New Zealand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSame thing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apologies to New Zealand but he thought it was hilarious! In my mind\u2019s eye, I can still see him laughing at this typical Glasgow exchange.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer -->\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Cairney as Robert Burns \u00a0 John Cairney was a charismatic Scottish actor, forever identified with his passionate and powerful portrayal of Robert Burns in his one man show, There Was a Man.\u00a0 I met him once, back in 1997, when we were both waiting for our respective editors at Mainstream Publishing in Edinburgh. 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