News at Eleven: Of those 60, according to one

of the most remarkable literary works ever written about Scottish sport, 45 were to be killed on active service in the First World War.

Mick Imlah, who died in January of motor neurone disease aged just 52, published just two full books of poetry. His second, The Lost Leader, contains 'London Scottish (1914)', a masterpiece of brief grief.

from The Scotsman: An entire team wiped out by the Great War

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