The Angry Corrie
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The Angry Corrie is a fanzine
for hillwalkers in Scotland
, first published in 1991. It is print-based and was also published on the web until June 2008.
The Angry Corrie tends to steer away from the more prosaic descriptions of hill routes or gear reviews, and accepts no advertising. Driven mainly by its unpaid contributors, it has a reputation for pursuing eccentric subjects with a great deal of reader participation.
Its editor since inception has been Dave Hewitt
. Author of "Walking the Watershed" and A Bit of Grit on Haystacks, Hewitt has dabbled in journalism - most notably as editor of the Scotsman
s outdoor pages until a revamp by Andrew Neil
.
Fanzine
A fanzine is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest...
for hillwalkers in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, first published in 1991. It is print-based and was also published on the web until June 2008.
The Angry Corrie tends to steer away from the more prosaic descriptions of hill routes or gear reviews, and accepts no advertising. Driven mainly by its unpaid contributors, it has a reputation for pursuing eccentric subjects with a great deal of reader participation.
Its editor since inception has been Dave Hewitt
Dave Hewitt
Dave Hewitt is editor of The Angry Corrie, a hillwalking magazine. He is editor in chief of TACit Press, author of Walking the Watershed, his account of walking the Scottish watershed, editor of A Bit of Grit on Haystacks, a celebration of the life of Alfred Wainwright, and editor of the Sport and...
. Author of "Walking the Watershed" and A Bit of Grit on Haystacks, Hewitt has dabbled in journalism - most notably as editor of the Scotsman
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
s outdoor pages until a revamp by Andrew Neil
Andrew Neil
Andrew Ferguson Neil is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.He currently works for the BBC, presenting the live political programmes The Daily Politics and This Week...
.