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Michael T R B Turnbull is a retired teacher and further education lecturer in Communication and in Tourism who graduated with an MA at the University of Cambridge, before studying Drawing and Painting for 4 years at the Edinburgh College of Art (now part of Edinburgh University). In 2005 he gained a PhD in Ecclesiastical History from the University of Edinburgh and also held visiting fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study of the Humanities (2009) and from New College (2009-10), both at the University of Edinburgh. He has twice been awarded a Scottish Arts Council Writer’s bursary (1993, 1997) and a Glenfiddich Living Scotland Award (1986, 1991), as well as a Sir Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship (1993). He is listed on the Scottish Book Trust’s Writers’ Register and has worked as a presenter, interviewer and actor for BBC Radio Scotland. He is the author of numerous articles and 20 books — including the operatic biographies Joseph Hislop: Gran Tenore (Scolar Press, 1992) and Mary Garden (Scolar Press, 1997).
‘This lovely book is a counter to some of the silliness of recent years … an excellent and comprehensive introduction and a super memoir for anyone who has visited.’ -- Maria Western, <i>Inspires</i> ‘Michael Turnbull meticulously studies the physical and spiritual elements that have created the chapel’s distinct iconic identity … This is an interesting insight into the rededicated chapel … and comes beautifully illustrated.' -- Cheryl Caira and Anne Johnstone, <i>The Herald</i> ‘Like Rosslyn itself, this book is rather delicious and I would urge anyone with an interest in the Scottish religious sensibility to read it.' -- Gerard Carruthers
