Tom Devine: Drink-drive shame of top Scottish historian
SOURCE: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk (5-16-07)
A HISTORY professor who wrote a best-selling book about Scotland was yesterday banned from the road for drink-driving.
Cops spotted Tom Devine's car swerving from lane to lane on the M8. He was doing just 40mph in a 70mph section in his Jaguar XJ8.
A court yesterday heard that Devine, 61, left, was more than twice the booze limit.
Devine is the Sir William Fraser chair of Scottish history at Edinburgh University - the top job in the field.
His book The Scottish Nation: 1700 to 2000 was Waterstones' Scottish book of the year in 1999.
Devine admitted drink-driving at Linlithgow Sheriff Court yesterday. He was driving home to Lanarkshire when he was spotted last month.
Cops spotted Tom Devine's car swerving from lane to lane on the M8. He was doing just 40mph in a 70mph section in his Jaguar XJ8.
A court yesterday heard that Devine, 61, left, was more than twice the booze limit.
Devine is the Sir William Fraser chair of Scottish history at Edinburgh University - the top job in the field.
His book The Scottish Nation: 1700 to 2000 was Waterstones' Scottish book of the year in 1999.
Devine admitted drink-driving at Linlithgow Sheriff Court yesterday. He was driving home to Lanarkshire when he was spotted last month.
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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk
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Date:
5-16-07
