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Robin Dunseath

Haggis hurling has gained massive popularity over the past few decades. It began in 1977 when Irishman Robin Dunseath placed an advert in a national newspaper inviting entrants to The World Haggis Hurling Competition.

But on January 25, 2004, haggis hurlers throughout the world were stunned to learn that their sport wasn't ancient at all. It was just a modern invention. A hoax.

The news was broken by Scotland's Sunday Herald which reported that the sport had been invented in 1977 by, of all things, an Irishman, Robin Dunseath, in order to "gauge the gullibility of the Scots."

Dunseath had served for 20 years as President of the World Haggis Hurling Association, but he told the paper that he had finally decided to come clean and reveal the sport's faux origins because he was worried that the sport was becoming too commercial and ridiculous.

Dunseath, who had been working as a publicist for Scottish entrepreneur Tom Farmer back in 1977, offered this explanation of how the sport actually originated:

"It was all just a joke. Myself and a few friends got together because we were annoyed at people exploiting Scotland for their personal advantage, selling all of this rubbish - tartan knickers and tartan pencils - to tourists.

"I took out an advert in a national paper advertising the world haggis hurling championships at the Gathering of the Clans and we were amazed by the response. Hundreds of people turned up and they took the sport back to the United States, Canada and Australia and started hurling haggis under the impression they were reviving an ancient Scots sport."

He returned to Edinburgh to found the Kwik Fit chain of garages in 1971. The firm grew quickly, mainly through acquisition, including opening in the Netherlands in 1975. Farmer was named Scottish Businessman of the Year in 1989..

In 2006, he donated £100,000 to the Scottish National Party to help fund their campaign for the 2007 Scottish Parliament general election. Farmer commented at the time that it was not an indication of his political allegiance but that he wanted the SNP to be able to compete financially with their better-funded political opponents.[15] Farmer repeated his endorsement for the SNP in the 2011 election..

..Non-executive director of
MyTravel Group PLC (1994–2007)[2]..Director of Scottish Power (2009–2017),,

Farmer lives in Edinburgh, with his wife Anne. They have one daughter, one son and four grandchildren. Farmer also owns the island of Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth..

Farmer was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2009 New Year Honours for his work as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.[18] Farmer was made a Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, and he was also knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1997.

In 1497, the island was (along with Inchgarvie, a few miles away) used as an isolated refuge for victims of 'grandgore' (also spelled 'glandgore'), an old Scots name for 'syphilis', in Edinburgh.[16] The 'grandgor' was recognised in the 1497 Minutes of the Town Council of Edinborough (Phil. Trans. XLII. 421) "This contagious sickness callit the Grandgor.". The Grandgore Act was passed in September 1497, causing Inchkeith, as well as other islands in the Firth, such as Inchgarvie, to be made a place of "Compulsory Retirement" for people suffering from this disease.[17] They were told to board a ship at Leith and once there, "to remain till God provide for their health". It is probable that they all died.

In 1589, history repeated itself and the island was used to quarantine the passengers of a plague-ridden ship. More plague sufferers came here from the mainland in 1609. In 1799, Russian sailors who died of an infectious disease were buried here..

James IV's linguistic experiment
During the reign of James IV of Scotland, Inchkeith was allegedly the site of a language deprivation experiment. Robert Lyndsay of Pitscottie wrote in a chronicle that in 1493, James IV directed that a mute woman and two infants be transported to the island, in order to ascertain which language the infants would grow up to speak isolated from the rest of the world. This speech, in contemporary theory, would be the "original" language, or the "language of God".

As a “Royal Diversity, Inclusion & Diplomacy Expert” for Orders, Monarchies, and Diplomats it was beautiful to discuss with “Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II Deputy Priest in Ordinary,” Peter John Galloway LVO, OBE, JP, FSA my work for “Diversity, Inclusion, and Tolerance,” and work globally.
As a member of St. Mary Abbots Church in Kensington, London I was indeed proud on the July 4th the sermon also was about “Diversity, Inclusion, and Tolerance.” As a New Generation In Action the only way to achieve world peace is to break down barriers, and have the ability to have tolerance for all! My path in life certainly is dedicated to make this world a better place. It’s not easy, and I see light at the end of the tunnel...

Peter John Galloway, LVO, OBE, KStJ, JP, FSA (born 19 July 1954) is a British Anglican priest and historian, specialising in ecclesiastical history, architectural history, and the British orders of chivalry. From 2008 to 2019, he was Chaplain of the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy and Chaplain of the Royal Victorian Order.[1][2] His is also a visiting professor of Brunel University London..

In 2008, Galloway entered into a civil partnership with Michael Russell Stewart Turner...

In November 1986, Galloway was appointed an Officer of the Order of St John (OStJ).[10] In October 1992, he was promoted to Chaplain of the Order of St John (ChStJ).[11] In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to the Order of the British Empire".[12] In July 1997, he was promoted to Knight of the Order of St John (KStJ).[13] On 11 May 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[14] On 27 November 2019 he was appointed an Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.[

The Queen's Chapel of St John the Baptist in the Precinct of the Savoy, also known as the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, is a church in the City of Westminster, London. Facing it are 111 Strand, the Savoy Hotel, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and – across the green to its side – the east side of Savoy Street. It is designated as a Grade II* listed building..

The chapel sits on the site of the Savoy Palace, once owned by John of Gaunt, that was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Gaunt's Duchy of Lancaster, the owner of the site of the palace, eventually came into the hands of the monarch. ..

The chapel is owned by the Duchy of Lancaster and as such is a Royal Peculiar – outside the jurisdiction of a diocese, but under that of the reigning monarch. The church is the chapel of the Royal Victorian Order, whose full gathering takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, to accommodate those numbers.

St Mary Abbots is a church located on Kensington High Street and the corner of Kensington Church Street in London W8...

The church has an associated primary school in its churchyard, founded in 1707 as a charity school.[7] The school buildings were designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor in 1711, but demolished in the 1870s to make way for a town hall. The present buildings date from 1875 and are notable for the painted stone statues by Thomas Eustace of a boy and girl, dating from about 1715,[8] now on the north face of the school; its playgrounds intersperse with the churchyard, and the school maintains close links with the Church of England.

Notable parishioners:

Joseph Addison
David Cameron
George Canning
Tennessee Claflin (married Sir Francis Cook, 1st Baronet at the church in 1885)
Alec Clifton-Taylor
Edmund Fanning
Michael Gove
Adrian Hardy Haworth
P. D. James
John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Kipling (parents of Rudyard Kipling, married at the church in 1865)
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Sir Isaac Newton (commemorated by a window in the north transept)
Beatrix Potter
William Thackeray
William Wilberforce
Diana, Princess of Wales (in 1997 the church became a focus for mourners)

September 24, 2021

The CIA has removed its Vienna station chief following criticism of his management, including what some considered an inadequate response to reports of "Havana syndrome" incidents at the U.S. Embassy there, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The Post, which cited unnamed current and former U.S. officials, reported the action would send a message that leaders must take seriously the Havana syndrome, a mysterious set of ailments that include migraines, nausea, memory lapses and dizziness.

A CIA spokesperson said the agency does not comment on specific incidents or officers.

The Washington Post said dozens of U.S. personnel in the Austrian capital, including diplomats and intelligence officials, as well as some of the children of U.S. employees, have reported symptoms of the syndrome.

CIA Director William Burns said in July that about 100 CIA officers and family members were among some 200 U.S. officials and kin sickened by Havana syndrome.

The ailments were first reported by officials based in the U.S. Embassy in Cuba in 2016.

Last year, a U.S. National Academy of Sciences panel found that the most plausible theory is that "directed, pulsed radio frequency energy" causes the syndrome.

Burns has said there is a "very strong possibility" the syndrome is intentionally caused and that Russia could be responsible. Moscow denies involvement.

Reporting by Eric Beech and Mark Hosenball; Writing by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Sam Holmes and Peter Cooney

..The department said Ambassador Pamela Spratlen was exiting because she had 'reached the threshold of hours of labor' permitted under her status as a retiree as well as her mismanagement of the mysterious illness...

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