The 1970s produced some fine Scottish journalism. And journalists. Ray Perman’s piece on data centre mania has stirred other memories worth sharing in our own time of deliberately concocted false news and increasingly shackled reporters. As the FT’s Scottish correspondent in the 1970s, Ray was covering the ‘Scottish story’ at a time of political, social and economic excitement. Source
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