Links – Biographical

Buchanalia, a selection of quotes expressing his ‘robust view of life’

Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps – Ursula Buchan’s biography of her grandfather.

Border Life ITV – Remembering the life and work of author and politician John Buchan

Canadian historian Craig Baird talks and writes about Lord Tweedsmuir’s impact in Canada

John Buchan: Model Governor GeneralJ William Galbraith’s account of Buchan’s years in Canada.

The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club page on Buchan, who was president in 1923 – you can also hear a short clip of a speech he made to the Book Society in 1932 (mp3 format) here.

There is a Biographical article on the website of Anthony Hope, a Society member and volunteer at the John Buchan Story Museum.

For an intriguing insight into JB’s connections at Reuters, see this article by Basil Basil, written in 1988, which appears on The Baron, a website dedicated to Reuters past and present.