And 143 years later, Danny Boyle's underground hit would chart Renton's bid to kick his heroin habit on the streets of Edinburgh.Its E numbers and artificial flavourings make this radioactive-looking pop any paranoid parent's nightmare, but the fizzy drink is so popular north of the border that it rivals both Coca-Cola and Pepsi, and AG Barr, the company that makes it, has an annual turnover of £20m.
But the character, created by quirky Scottish novelist and playwright J M Barrie, was based on the author's older brother, who died at the age of 13.Andy Gray, until his recent debacle at Sky, was just the latest incarnation.
{{#sender.isSelf}} And, presumably, eat an onion while clucking like a hen.Anyone who has seen Trainspotting shouldn't be surprised that Scotland's connection with syringes goes back a long, long way. What do they know?If you are an actor, look away now. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Andy Murray would no longer represent Britain if the union were severedBay City Rollers: The tartan One Direction of their dayGlasgow chef Ali Ahmed Aslam lays claim to creating chicken tikka masalaHe hides it well, but the Prime Minister is of Scottish stockRap battles seen in Eminem's semi-autobiographic film 8 Mile, where two or more artists trade rhyming insults, derived from the medieval Caledonian art of 'flyting' and travelled to the US via Scottish slave ownersScots can't take the credit for inventing New Year's Eve, which is what Hogmanay means, but they do know how to have a partyGregory's Girl: Bill Forsyth's charming coming-of-age film in which John Gordon Sinclair, helped by the awesome Clare Grogan, comes to terms with Dee Hepburn displacing him in the school football teamScotland is the birthplace of golf - with the first written record in 1457, when James II banned it as an unwelcome distraction from learning archeryKirsty Wark, 56-year-old Newsnight presenter, proves that you don't have to live Islington to be a successful BBC luvvyThe pint-sized Glaswegian songstress with the huge voice shot to fame with 'Shout' back in 1964 and cemented her place in Scottish hearts by winning the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Boom Bang-a-Bang' five years laterAndy Murray would no longer represent Britain if the union were severedBay City Rollers: The tartan One Direction of their dayGlasgow chef Ali Ahmed Aslam lays claim to creating chicken tikka masalaHe hides it well, but the Prime Minister is of Scottish stockRap battles seen in Eminem's semi-autobiographic film 8 Mile, where two or more artists trade rhyming insults, derived from the medieval Caledonian art of 'flyting' and travelled to the US via Scottish slave ownersScots can't take the credit for inventing New Year's Eve, which is what Hogmanay means, but they do know how to have a partyGregory's Girl: Bill Forsyth's charming coming-of-age film in which John Gordon Sinclair, helped by the awesome Clare Grogan, comes to terms with Dee Hepburn displacing him in the school football teamScotland is the birthplace of golf - with the first written record in 1457, when James II banned it as an unwelcome distraction from learning archeryKirsty Wark, 56-year-old Newsnight presenter, proves that you don't have to live Islington to be a successful BBC luvvyThe pint-sized Glaswegian songstress with the huge voice shot to fame with 'Shout' back in 1964 and cemented her place in Scottish hearts by winning the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Boom Bang-a-Bang' five years later He would "cycle" the rough roads in Dumfriesshire, but never tried to profit from his invention. Bella!" He designed one of the first waterproof fabrics by rubberising sheets of material in his textile factory.Considering the wintry temperatures recorded in Scotland, you would not think refrigeration was utmost in people's minds, but it was here that physicist and chemist William Cullen demonstrated the first method of artificial refrigeration in 1748. Some Scots would leave an empty chair and a plate of food – believing that ghosts would come out on Hallowe'en.Well, the Scots can't take the credit for inventing New Year's Eve, which is what Hogmanay means, but they do know how to have a party. The name actually comes from "iron brew" after it was used to quench the thirst of Glasgow's steel workers at the turn of the century.Art critics may turn up their noses, but Vettriano is one of the country's richest artists and is loved by millions. Archived. In 1909, 20 years before the official Fifa tournament, Scotsman Sir Thomas Lipton, of Lipton's Tea, organised the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy in Turin, where international club teams represented their countries. This flask could be used to keep liquid hot or cold. They were, believe it or not, the only unbeaten team in the tournament. He soon formed the Baird Television Development Company (BTDC) where he further experimented and developed the television.Although it had been namelessly researched elsewhere in the world, Scottish physicist and pioneer Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt has been accredited with the development of the radar in England.In 1935, when Watson-Watt became Superintendent in the Air Ministry, he managed to locate an aircraft subsequently leading to a system that came to be known as the Chain Home. Driving on the left entered Scottish law in 1772, more than 60 years before England and Wales adopted it in 1835.
Here are 10 such Scottish inventors and their brilliant inventions.
Alexander Graham Bell …