Saltire Society

Dolina McLennan

The November meeting of Arran’s Saltire Society featured the enchanting Dolina McLennan, an actress and consummate story-teller. Still with the lilt of her Hebridean ancestry, she reminisced her way through a colourful life that took her from Skye to the theatre and TV. Refreshingly, it was no listing of triumphs, rather a contrasting of life today and then. What stood out was the freedom from convention in those days – the way a little school could open worlds of imagination and possibility, with no insistence on a pre-set curriculum and tests. Partly reading from her own book but constantly taken up with new ideas, Dolina involved her audience at a very deep level, opening up memories and stories and laughter. A night to be remembered.