Sara Maitland
Jan 14, 2021
2 minutes
Illustration: Lynn Hatzius
“Before the First World War, my grandfather, who lived in South West Scotland, played a game of chess with a friend in South Africa, by post. They got in fewer than 10 moves a year because the post took about six weeks each way. (They finished the game; my grandfather lost.)
Up the glen where I live there was no electricity
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