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A nation shaped by rain: exhibition celebrates Scotland’s wettest obsession

Minnie the Minx and Macbeth feature in National Library’s exploration of how rainfall has shaped Scottish science, literature, history and identity It seems fitting that, 250 years ago, one of Scotland’s foremost…

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The GuardianJun 17, 2026, 5:00 AM

A nation shaped by rain: exhibition celebrates Scotland’s wettest obsession

Minnie the Minx and Macbeth feature in National Library’s exploration of how rainfall has shaped Scottish science, literature, history and identity It seems fitting that, 250 years ago, one of Scotland’s foremost scientists took a close interest in what is arguably the country’s most famous feature: rain James Hutton, celebrated by Scots as the father of modern geology, went so far as to write a formula for “a theory of rain”. In 1784, he sketched out the key principles for the “condensation of aqueous vapour contained in the air” . Continue reading...

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