{"product_id":"the-quest-for-charles-rennie-mackintosh","title":"The Quest for Charles Rennie Mackintosh","description":"\u003c!-- Hook --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA journey in search of Scotland's most visionary architect and designer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Tagline --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for Mackintosh enthusiasts and anyone interested in design history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Access Your Content --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 16px; border-radius: 6px; background: #f9f9f9; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eAccess Your Content in Seconds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete your purchase on our store.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDownload \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegreyhill.com\/pages\/the-grey-hill-app\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grey Hill App\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (free).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLog in using the same email from checkout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour ebook will appear instantly in your library.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"\u003eAll content is securely delivered through our app and not offered as a Shopify download.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- About the Ebook --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"ghZW4U\"\u003eCharles Rennie Mackintosh is established in the Scottish iconography as an architect of originality, a designer of genius and a painter of exceptional quality. He is, however, an enigma as a man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"vn5Xk2\"\u003eFor the last thirty years John Cairney has been on a personal quest to find the complex man behind the facade that was Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect and artist. Though recognised even in his own day as a genius, he was by no means a saint of high morals and mystic vision. He was a flesh and blood charmer, who attracted women as much as he irritated men. He was all artist, but also all man, with the advantages and disadvantage of both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"6jOce6\"\u003eThis book explores many hitherto unexamined aspects of Toshie's life, delving into the significance of Mackintosh's relationship with his mother, the importance of his first girlfriend, and how much his wife, Margaret Macdonald, contributed to his life. This is the life of an extraordinary talent, a great love story with personal complications, professional conflicts, triumphs and disasters, and an engulfing tragic ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReview\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"2vpawB\"\u003eMakes for grand reading and for a stronger sense of the man than can be found in most of the more scholarly tomes.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong data-sleek-node-id=\"PpJMOo\"\u003eThe Sunday Herald \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Why You'll Love This Ebook --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy You'll Love This Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the life and legacy of a design genius.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover Mackintosh's influence on art and architecture.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by Luath Press, Scotland's leading independent publisher.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA celebration of Scottish design innovation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- About the Author --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-sleek-node-id=\"IbKyOz\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"zDCPWt\"\u003eOHN CAIRNEY\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"MYuMrc\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emade his stage debut at the Park Theatre, Glasgow, before enrolling at the RSAMD in Glasgow. After graduation, he joined the Wilson Barrett Company as Snake in\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"CQwuiB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"wtww4l\"\u003eThe School for Scandal.\u003c\/em\u003e A season at the Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre followed before going on to the Bristol Old Vic where he appeared in the British premiere of Arthur Miller’s\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"yyN88w\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"rnS84e\"\u003eThe Crucible.\u003c\/em\u003e He returned to the Citizens from time to time, most notably as Hamlet in 1960. He also appeared in the premiere of John Arden’s\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"wkBwr8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"VzNPX1\"\u003eArmstrong’s Last Goodnight\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"59RRVV\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ein 1964\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"zV5EpP\"\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e Other stage work until 1991 included King Humanitie in\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"4g7kNG\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"e4tul5\"\u003eThe Thrie Estaites\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"JkVO0s\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003efor Tyrone Guthrie at the Edinburgh Festival, Archie Rice in\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"gkzga1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"Mu6xdQ\"\u003eThe Entertainer\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"fRF7uA\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eat Dundee (1972), Cyrano de Bergerac at Newcastle (1974), Becket in\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"hDRnkC\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"CrjQTm\"\u003eMurder in the Cathedral\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"4SZnpV\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eat the Edinburgh Festival of 1986 and Macbeth in the same Festival in 1989. He also wrote and appeared in his own productions of\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"VrhD0m\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"YjPnZA\"\u003eAn Edinburgh Salon,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"YPyFDD\"\u003eAt Your Service, The Ivor Novello Story\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"dXwYKe\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"rezX0s\"\u003eA Mackintosh Experience\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"7UHVHl\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewhile continuing to tour the world in his solo\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"UWORKk\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"9qvkwo\"\u003eThe Robert Burns Story.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"NpWOMu\"\u003eHis association with Burns began in 1965 with Tom Wright’s solo play\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"ZYZBXA\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"fkx57g\"\u003eThere Was A Man\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"VUk4Sp\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eat the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and at the Arts Theatre, London. The solo was televised twice nationally and was also an album recording for REL Records, Edinburgh, as well as a video for Green Place Productions, Glasgow. From Burns he moved on to other solos on William McGonagall, Robert Service and Robert Louis Stevenson until he worked with New Zealand actress, Alannah O’Sullivan at the Edinburgh Festival of 1978. They married in 1980. As Two For A Theatre they toured the world for P\u0026amp;O Cruises, the British Council as well as the Keedick Lecture Bureau, New York, with programmes on Byron, Wilde and Dorothy Parker until 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"1XNz6A\"\u003eCairney’s first film was\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"mlhGCh\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"HGMb5g\"\u003eIll Met by Moonlight\u003c\/em\u003e for the Rank Organisation, followed by\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"T2jVIV\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"PonVbZ\"\u003eWindom’s Way, Victim, Shake Hands with the Devil\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"Un2yK9\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand many more including\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"4ZIrf4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"dFZN87\"\u003e‘and the Argonauts, Cleopatra, Devil Ship Pirates\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"WFq3Jk\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"T5U2eb\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"Canwlr\"\u003eStudy in Terror\u003c\/em\u003e in 1965. His many television parts include Branwell Bronte, Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Bruce and he has featured in all the main series: \u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"2EFTAv\"\u003eDanger Man, The Avengers, Dr Finlay’s Casebook, Elizabeth R, Jackanory, Taggart\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"OkU35X\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eetc. He also starred in BC2’s\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"VRtxXS\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"3WgC27\"\u003eThis Man Craig,\u003c\/em\u003e which ran for two years between 1966 and 1968. In addition, he wrote and recorded his own songs for EMI at Abbey Road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"ZW3l6g\"\u003eAs a writer, Cairney has published two autobiographies and a novel, \u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"9oCnVX\"\u003eWorlds Apart\u003c\/em\u003e as well as\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"Aba3Vw\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"91qCLj\"\u003eA Scottish Football Hall of Fame\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"33zO4R\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"t7QF1u\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"7JXAe8\"\u003eHeroes Are Forever\u003c\/em\u003e for Mainstream Publishing (Edinburgh) and\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"3JTpUC\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"YF4M6G\"\u003eA Year Out In New Zealand\u003c\/em\u003e for Tandem Press, NZ. He wrote three Burns books for Luath Press in Edinburgh as well as biographies of R.L.Stevenson and C.R. Mackintosh and a book of essays on Glasgow entitled\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"ltfsBS\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"wLePdX\"\u003eGlasgow by the way, but.\u003c\/em\u003e His second novel, \u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"mL5EWc\"\u003eFlashback Forward\u003c\/em\u003e, was published for Random House, NZ, and his book on acting\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"CIpUtN\"\u003e, Greasepaint Monkey\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"amM67P\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewas published by Luath Press, Edinburgh, in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"39Fpr1\"\u003eAs a painter, he has been exhibited twice in New Zealand and twice in Scotland: with his\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"iNt0RD\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"NSydyv\"\u003eNine Lives of Burns\u003c\/em\u003e at Alloway, and more recently his\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"7Km8TF\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"HuUTEB\"\u003eStations of the Cross\u003c\/em\u003e were displayed in Glasgow as part of the Lentfest Festival 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"MbKUp5\"\u003eDr Cairney gained an M.Litt from Glasgow University for his\u003cspan data-sleek-node-id=\"lAzu8G\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-sleek-node-id=\"Qz4TGF\"\u003eA History of Solo Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e in 1988 and, in 1994, a PhD from Victoria University, Wellington, for his study of Stevenson and Theatre. He has also been made a Freeman Citizen of Glasgow and is Honorary President of the Robert Burns Worldwide Federation and Honorary President of the Robert Burns Guild of Speakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Publication Details --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublication Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Luath Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28 May 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint Length:\u003c\/strong\u003e 581 pages (Ebook edition)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (Ebook):\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781913025939\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ebook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- FAQ --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow do I access my ebook?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDownload \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegreyhill.com\/pages\/the-grey-hill-app\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grey Hill App\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and log in using the same email you used at checkout. 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