Bothy to Big Ben - Ben Coutts (an autobiography) with fabulous forward from Max Hastings.
A TRUE Scottish character, Ben Coutts survived a bloody war and the infancy of reconstructive surgery to become a farmer, writer, broadcaster and politician, as well as an international ambassador for the Aberdeen Angus cattle breed.
Coutts was one of the most memorable characters of the postwar farming scene. Whether at the bar of the Farmers’ Club in London, lavishly belying the reputation of the Scot by copious generosity with malt whisky, in the cattle sale ring helping those seeking the best beast, or indeed at any agricultural meeting proffering sound and pertinent advice to all comers, he could always be relied upon to give the assembled admirers the benefit of his many years of experience.
Bothy to Big Ben - Ben Coutts (an autobiography) with fabulous forward from Max Hastings.
A TRUE Scottish character, Ben Coutts survived a bloody war and the infancy of reconstructive surgery to become a farmer, writer, broadcaster and politician, as well as an international ambassador for the Aberdeen Angus cattle breed.
Coutts was one of the most memorable characters of the postwar farming scene. Whether at the bar of the Farmers’ Club in London, lavishly belying the reputation of the Scot by copious generosity with malt whisky, in the cattle sale ring helping those seeking the best beast, or indeed at any agricultural meeting proffering sound and pertinent advice to all comers, he could always be relied upon to give the assembled admirers the benefit of his many years of experience.
