652. London’s Golden Age: The Ghosts of Culloden (Part 3)
In 1773, literary giant Samuel Johnson and his companion James Boswell embarked on a transformative journey to the Scottish Highlands and Hebrides, seeking wildness, simplicity, and remnants of a romantic past—only to find a culture in decline due to political repression and economic chan
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