On Thursday 16th September 2010, former President of the Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club, Allan Massie gave a talk on Scott and The Generosity of Friendship.
Allan Massie is a Scottish journalist, sports writer and novelist. Massie is one of Scotland's most prolific and well-known journalists, writing regular columns for The Scotsman, The Sunday Times (Scotland) and the Scottish Daily Mail. He is also the author of nearly 30 books, including 20 novels. He is notable for writing about the distant past.