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Award-winning author Louise Welsh examines the real story behind the Woods/Pirie Trial of 1811 in which a pupil accused her two schoolmistresses of having an affair.
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Louise Welsh, award-winning author of 'The Cutting Room', examines the real story behind the 'Woods/Pirie Trial' of 1811 in which a pupil accused her two schoolmistresses of having an affair in Edinburgh. After their reputations and careers were ruined, the two brought a libel suit against their accuser.
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Mon 27 Dec 201007:05
BBC Radio Scotland
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- Mon 11 Feb 200811:30BBC Radio Scotland FM
- Tue 12 Feb 200800:30BBC Radio Scotland FM
- Tue 22 Jul 200822:05BBC Radio Scotland FM
- Mon 27 Dec 201007:05BBC Radio Scotland
