Fidelis et Fortis

The clock that never worked, the sinister Green Lady, the day we nearly drowned the Queen Mother – it’s all in a sparkling new book, Faithful and Brave: A Celebration of James Gillespie’s High School. Commissioned by the James Gillespie’s Trust to mark the opening of our new campus, and penned by award-winning journalist John MacLeod, himself a former Gillespie’s pupil, Faithful and Brave is fact-packed with heavily illustrated pages, covering our entire history from the last days of Mr Gillespie to Callum Skinner’s Olympic glories in August 2016. A gripping read, a physically beautiful book and the perfect present, with a warm foreword by Grant Stott – it’s unputdownable. Buy your copy right now. And another for a friend!

Email the school at: admin@jamesgillespies.edin.sch.uk to reserve a copy and arrange for collection (with proof of payment). Price is REDUCED £9.99 if collected from school or £14.50 if the book is to be posted.

Electronic payment: 

  • Account name: James Gillespie’s Trust
  • Sort Code: 80 22 60
  • Account no: 17854260
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