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RUARIDH NICOLL

JOURNALIST & WRITER, HAVANA

Ruaridh Nicoll is the former editor of the Observer Magazine and the author of two novels, White Male Heart and Wide Eyed.

Though he comes from the Scottish Highlands, Ruaridh spent much of his young adulthood traveling far from his home. Recalling his childhood for an autobiographical sketch he wrote, "There was no television at home, the signal could not penetrate the glen's high walls and so I spent the hours of darkness reading".  His career as a writer and journalist has included roles as the Environment and Science Correspondent for Scotland on Sunday; the Washington, DC Correspondent for the Observer; and the Southern Africa Correspondent for the Guardian. He now lives and works in Havana.

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