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Before Little Sparta
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Before Little Sparta

Author
Associated (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Date8 April 2006
Mediumnewspaper article
ClassificationsMemorabilia
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017359.48
About MeThis short story is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend of the donor.

Published in 'The Glasgow Herald' (first published in 'The Glasgow Herald' 17April 1954).
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Obituary: The quiet revolutionary with classical style
Alasdair Steven
28 March 2006
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Obituary: Ian Hamilton Finlay
Alasdair Steven
28 March 2006
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The Fragile World of Little Sparta
Jonathan Brown
29 March 2006
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Little Sparta
Alec Finlay
6 November 1993
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Little Sparta goes a long way in poll on nation's greatest art
Peter Martell
5 December 2004
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Creator of Little Sparta collapses
Philip Miller
2 December 2001
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Clarion call to battle for Little Sparta
Professor Duncan Macmillan
1 November 1993
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Little Sparta stays closed
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1 July 1996
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Crazy siege of Little Sparta
James Taylor
5 February 1983
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Digging in at Little Sparta
Ian Hamilton Finlay
27 June 1983
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A Part of Sparta
Professor Murdo Macdonald
31 December 1994
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Scot splits Paris in 'reverse Dreyfus' case
David Black
7 May 1989
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Scotland's Genius of Place
Neil Cameron
31 October 2000
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Philip Davenport and Ian Hamilton Finlay
Susan Mansfield
16 July 2006
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A Poet's Garden
Antoinette Galbraith
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Carved in the stones of destiny
Iain Gale
2 April 2006
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Editorial
Ian Hamilton Finlay
14 February 1993
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Distinguished visionary who defied attempts at concrete classification
Professor Duncan Macmillan
March 2006
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Concrete gifts of an immortal artist
Mark Fisher
2 April 2004
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Profile: Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
8 October 2000
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Spartan warrior
Elizabeth Mahoney
25 June 2000
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Artist carves out a new life for sculpture garden
Ian Hamilton Finlay
11 June 2000
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The disquiet revolutionary
Professor Duncan Macmillan
1 February 2000
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If art is good enough for the motorway, why not canals?
Julia Fields
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